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NPR's Mandalit del Barco reports on the mixed grades the television industry received yesterday for its response to calls to include more minority characters. The results show there are more African Americans on TV but other ethnic groups, like Asian Americans and Latinos are still underrepresented.

NPR's Brian Naylor reports Congress is trying hard to prevent a bipartisan crisis. With the state of the current election, any post-impeachment co-operation between republicans and democrats risks falling to pieces, but both parties seem to be making an effort to prevent this from happening.

NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on the death of screenwriter Ring Lardner Jr., the last surviving member of the Hollywood Ten. He and nine other writers and directors appeared before the House Unamerican Activities Committee in 1947 to answer--or refuse to answer--questions about their involvement with the Communist Party.

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on a pair of ballot initiatives aimed at limiting the development of new office buildings in San Francisco. The measures were motivated by the expansion of many dot-com businesses into a neighborhood that has been home to low income Latinos and artists.

Economic distress continues to plague the upstate New York region despite the nation's prosperity. Brian Mann reports that its financial woes have become a heated topic in the Senate race between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rick Lazio

Host Bob Edwards talks with reporter Jeffery Mindage in Taipei about the crash of a Singapore Airlines flight there yesterday. The Los Angeles-bound plane burst into flames after striking an object on the runway. At least 79 people were killed in the disaster.

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.