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NPR's Joanne Silberner reports that the nation's blood supply may be stretched dangerously thin in years ahead. As the baby boomers continue to age, some experts are projecting more blood will be needed to keep them healthy, and the number of donors will continue to drop.

Each fall, the New York Jets welcome a few lucky fans to a special training camp for women only. It was originally designed to help football widows better understand the game. But Tandaleya Wilder reports most of the women at this year's camp came to improve their own performance on the gridiron.

Yugoslav voters went to the polls for the first time to elect a president directly. But there is widespread mistrust of poll results, and fear that President Slobodan Milosevic could incite violence among his supporters. Host Jacki Lyden speaks with reporter Gillian Sandford from Belgrade.

Jason DeRose of Chicago Public Radio reports on the traditional passion play of Oberammergau, a Bavarian village south of Munich. The play's been criticized for years as being anti-Semitic. But this year, play producers have tried to change that.

NPR's David Welna reports on reaction to last night's Vice Presidential debate among a political science class at Chicago's Loyola University. The students stayed to talk about what swayed them in this debate, and what bored them.

NPR's Sarah Chayes reports that two French Journalists held by Muslim rebels on Jolo island in the southern Philippines have been rescued unharmed. Seventeen other people are still being held hostage.

Noah talks with BBC reporter Jacky Rowland about Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's campaign trip to Montengro today. Milosevic called pro-western leadership and Serbian opposition "rabbits, rats and even hyenas." Montenegro's leadership is boycotting the upcoming Yugoslav election.

NPR's Anthony Brooks reports on Republican claims that Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore participated in illegal fundraising activities during the 1996 campaign. Gore ignored the allegations and stuck to his script at a campaign stop in New Hampshire.

Women are competing in Olympic triathlon for the first time and their race will determine the first medal winners of the Games. As NPR's Tom Goldman reports, the competition begins at the foot of the Sydney Opera House. Swimmers will plunge into the chilly waters of the harbor and then bike and run around Sydney's picturesque central business district.

With more than a month left before the elections, the Bush and Gore campaigns are playing catch up on poll popularity in several states. In Florida, members of the Bush family are desperately rallying behind George W., who is trailing Al Gore in many polls. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.