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NPR's Madeline Brand reports on Vice President Al Gore's short campaign trip ahead of Tuesday's third and final debate with Republican Presidential candidate George W. Bush. Gore has been raising the issue of health care in stump speeches since his last Presidential debate.

It's not the most orthodox of majors, but a small college in Vermont is now offering a degree in adventure recreation. With a boom in so-called adventure travel, the business of leading and outfitting demanding wilderness trips is among the fastest-growing segments of the travel industry. Some students want to make a career of it. Pippin Ross reports.

NPR's Steve Inskeep at the Pentagon reports an explosion rocked a U.S. Navy destroyer in the Arabian port of Aden today, killing at least five sailors and wounding more than 30 others. Defense Department officials believe it was a terrorist attack.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports from Seoul where the rapid move towards peace with North Korea is leaving some South Koreans uneasy. Despite their president's recent Peace Prize and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's visit, there is a feeling more time is necessary to heal the distrust of the last fifty years.

With a little more than a week before Election day, things are heating up between the presidential campaigns. An ad supporting Governor Bush is causing some controversy. We have two reports, first from NPR's Anthony Brooks with the the Gore campaign, then NPR's Peter Kenyon with Governor Bush.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on President-elect George W. Bush's transition to the White House. Over the weekend, he selected Condoleezza Rice as National Security Advisor and Colin Powell as Secretary of State. While his initial appointments may be well-received, questions of bi-partisanship in Washington remain.

There is an electricity shortage in California. Two of the largest private utility companies in the state were granted emergency rate increases to avoid bankruptcy. But Los Angeles and about 30 other cities are not effected. That's because they are served by municipal power utilities. NPR's Andy Bowers reports.

From Member Station WBNI, Kristen Durst reports Fort Wayne, Indiana is hiding an architectural treasure. A house designed by renowned architect Michael Graves lies outside the city in a state of dilapidation. Yet there is little hope it will ever recapture the grandeur its designer intended.

NPR's Jackie Northam reports that the FCC is auctioning off part of the airwave spectrum. The band that's up for grabs is intended for wireless communication providers, and should mean stronger and clearer connections for cell phone users. It will also give the industry room to develop the next generation of wireless services.

NPR's Larry Abramson reports that a recent FBI bust of a bookie has focused attention on another weapon in law enforcement's high-tech arsenal. Agents put a keystroke monitor on a suspect's computer and were able to recreate every letter typed into it for months. The idea was to get a password he used to encrypt data.