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NPR's Sarah Chayes reports from Lille, France where a trial is underway in the 1998 Tour de France doping scandal. Ten cyclists are charged with taking performance-enhancing drugs, but witnesses claim that officials were aware of their activities.

NPR's Mary Ann Akers reports on the less known candidates running for president. Everyone knows about Al Gore and George W. Bush. And many are familiar with Ralph Nader, Pat Buchanan, John Hagelin and Harry Browne. But there are still others who seek the White House, some serious, some less so.

Liane checks in with journalists from a few of the key states in Tuesday's presidential election. We hear from Jane Healy, managing editor of the Orlando Sentinel; Jim Camden, senior political reporter for the Spokane Spokesman-Review; and Mitch McKenny, political editor of the Akron Beacon-Journal.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports from Jerusalem on plans by Palestinian leader Yassir Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak to come to Washington this week to meet with President Clinton in an effort to end the street violence that has raged between Palestinians and Jews in the past five weeks.

NPR's Peter Overby reports on what experts on the power of touch saw among our nation's lawmakers from watching a 41-minute video of a Senate floor vote. The results? Lawmakers imitate each other's body language, and use touch to bond and assert power.

Today is the 30th anniversary of the American League's adoption of the designated hitter rule. NPR's Tom Goldman reports on how the rule has changed the game of baseball.

NPR's Janet Babin reports on concerns that the Bush administration is considering changes in Title IX, the federal law that bars gender discrimination in public education. The law is widely credited with raising women's participation in sports.

A quiet retired couple in Seattle designed an anti-war sign and posted it around their neighborhood. Now they are getting orders for the sign from around the country. Cathy Duchamp of member station KUOW reports.

The opposition to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez plans a national strike for next week. The movement hopes to oust Chavez from office. NPR's Martin Kaste reports.

We learn of a study on the effectiveness of electric toothbrushes. Only one was more effective than regular toothbrushes. We talk with William Shaw, professor of orthodontics at the University of Manchester in England, who helped coordinate the report by the Cochrane Collaboration's Oral Health Group.