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NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on the effects of this week's court ruling declaring California's Proposition 209 constitutionally sound. State agencies, universities, and schools are figuring out how to comply with the proposition's ban on racial and gender preferences.

Chris Richard reports from Los Angeles on the trend toward building multi-story mausoleums, as rising land prices and urban sprawl limit the amount of land available for cemeteries.

- Critic Bob Mondello reports that several well-known Hollywood stars are stepping behind the camera to try their hand at directing. Al Pacino, Matthew Broderick, and Tom Hanks...are all directing films with varying degrees of success.

NPR's White House Correspondent Mara Liasson reports on the resident's campaign swing up the East coast. The President has been dealing ith questions about fund-raising on behalf of his re-election effort.

A study in tomorrow's issue of the journal Science provides evidence that subliminal messages actually work. However, the study found that the effects of such messages are extremely short-lived. Michelle Trudeau reports.

NPR's Mara Liasson reports that on the day after the last presidential debate, President Bill Clinton appeared at a campaign rally in Orange County, California...an area that's generally considered a Republican stronghold, but where he hopes to do well on Election Day.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports from Moscow on rising tensions caused by the jockeying for power while President Boris Yeltsin is ill. Today, the interior minister accused the security chief of plotting a coup, and said security in major cities would be increased.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports that the Pabst Brewery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin will close its Milwaukee plant after 150 years of operation. The move will have major labor, economic, and social repurcussions throughout Milwaukee, and beyond.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports that Presidential challenger Bob Dole began his day with a speech to Republican governors and business leaders in Detroit, where he said that the nation's GOP governors deserve credit for the economy's strength, not President Clinton.

"CLINTON-IZING": In the wake of the U.S. elections last week, NPR's ichael Goldfarb reports from London on efforts some British politicians are aking to make their political campaigns more "American", including the possible iring of former White House employees.