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NPR's Jack Speer reports on Joe Lockhart's new job. The former Clinton press secretary will be working as a communications strategist for Internet software maker Oracle.

NPR's Margot Adler reports that officials in New York City have turned to experts around the country to deal with an endemic problem: rats.

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports from Raleigh, North Carolina on the reaction of Democratic voters to Al Gore's situation. He found mixed opinions on whether the Vice President should concede the election to Governor George W. Bush.

Elections may come six to nine months early to Israel. NPR's Linda Gradstein reports initial approval has been granted to allow the Knesset to dissolve itself.

NPR's Margot Adler reports on the rising use of the drug ecstasy by America's youth. A new survey by the Partnership for a Drug Free America finds that teenagers' use of marijuana has declined, but their use of ecstasy has doubled since 1995.

In Ukraine, a member of Parliament has blamed the president for the disappearance of journalist. A body resembling the journalist was found this month, but President Kuchma denies involvement. Charles Clover of the Financial Times reports.

NPR's Steve Inskeep reports from Washington, where lawyers for the Presidential candidates are preparing for oral arguments Monday before the U.S. Supreme Court. The case is moving forward in an atmosphere of increasing bitterness and partisanship.

NPR's Larry Abramson reports on the bountyquest website: it's an internet-based service that offers rewards to people who research and invalidate wrongly-awarded patents, a growing concern as companies scramble to protect their innovations.

NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports that between talk of tax cuts, social security, and foreign policy the issue of free trade has been virtually ignored by presidential candidates Al Gore and George Bush.

NPR's Madeleine Brand reports on yesterday's rally in Washington, D.C. for Green Party Presidential candidate Ralph Nader. Nader spoke to 10-thousand of his supporters.