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Oil is flowing again through the Trans-Alaska pipeline after engineers worked round the clock to make critical repairs following last weekend's earthquake. NPR's John Nielsen reports on the massive inspection and repair effort that showed the pipeline survived the shocks without major damage.

Two years after the 2000 presidential election fiasco, Florida officials tout the 2002 midterm election as an example of how future voting should be conducted. NPR's Pam Fessler reports.

NPR's Phillip Davis reports from Miami on how what appeared to be a close contest between incumbent governor Jeb Bush and the Democratic challenger Bill McBride, turned into a 13-point romp for Bush.

NPR's Mara Liasson reports on lame-duck sessions of the past, including the 1998 session where the House impeached President Clinton, and the 1954 session where the Senate censured Wisconsin's Joe McCarthy.

John Dillon reports Vermonters are worried the results of last week's election might be felt in the Green Mountain State. Vermont enjoyed significant power while Democrats controlled the United States Senate. Now the GOP's on top, and Sens. Jim Jeffords and Patrick Leahy may be out in the cold.

NPR's Rachael Myrow reports on how technology could help prevent some embarrassing situations. The latest development from the world of karaoke, brings a 'pitch-correction' machine that puts even notoriously bad singers in the right key.

In the first of a series of reports on the African country of Namibia, Daniel explores the challenges a new democracy faces. Many of the concepts familiar to citizens of the United States like debate and lobbying are foreign to residents of Namibia, which gained its independence from South Africa five years ago.

NPR'S MARGOT ADLER REPORTS ON THE LIVES OF AMERICAN MILITARY BRATS AND THE ORGANIZATION CALLED "MILITARY BRATS OF AMERICA," (P.O. BOX 1165, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10159), WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO CREATE A HOMEBASE FOR THESE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO'VE NEVER HAD ONE.

Daniel talks with CNN reporter Gary Striker who is in the Zairean town of Kikwit where there's been an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus which has killed at least 57 people since it resurfaced in March. Striker visited the hospital in Kikwit which he says is the epicenter of the outbreak. He describes what he saw.

NPR'S JOANNE SILBERNER REPORTS ON A HEALTH CARE REFORM BILL, INTRODUCED BY REPUBICAN SENATOR NANCY KASSEBAUM AND DEMOCRAT EDWARD KENNEDY, INTENDED TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO GET INSURANCE, AND HARDER TO LOSE IT....EVEN IF YOU GET SICK OR CHANGE JOBS.