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NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on the latest on the recounts in Florida. Florida is expected to decide the election by giving George W. Bush one more than the 270 Electoral Votes needed to win.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on the political troubles of Japan's Prime Minister, Yoshiro Mori. Mori's party may oust him through a vote of no confidence.

NPR's Joe Palca reports on new research conducted at Emory University (Atlanta,Ga.) that suggests a common insecticide may play a role in causing Parkinson's Disease in humans.

NPR's Phillip Davis reports a federal jury in West Palm Beach has cleared two Salvadoran generals of liability in the rape and murder of four American churchwomen in El Salvador in 1980.

NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports on the battle between incumbent Washington state Senator Slade Gorton, a Republican, and Democrat Maria Cantwell, a former member of the House.

NPR's Mandalit Del Barco reports on something overlooked in modern-day elections -- campaign theme music. None of the songs being used this year by the candidates is memorable, but that was not always the case.

NPR's Mandalit Del Barco reports on the new TV commercials rolled out by columnist Arianna Huffington that say SUV owners support terrorists.

NPR's Michael Sullivan reports that the Taliban have used military explosives and rockets to destroy two giant statues of Buddha in Afghanistan. The statues were carved in the third and fifth centuries.

NPR's Libby Lewis reports on police accountability and whether efforts to protect police officers from investigations immediately after an incident are necessary or not.

Jason Beaubien reports from Boston on a major storm in the Northeast. Flights have been cancelled, a lot of schools and businesses closed early, and forecasters say the worst is yet to come in most parts of the region.