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NPR's Brian Naylor reports on the congressional race in 36th district of California, near Los Angeles, between incumbent Steve Kuykendall and former seatholder Jane Harmon. It's one of the battleground seats in this election, and the Democrats are hoping to retake the seat and others like it as they try to retake control of the house.

This summer the World Health Organization rated the French healthcare system best in the world. Instead of crowing, French researchers questioned the methodology of the WHO study. The high cost of the health system has plagued the French government for a decade. Still, as NPR's Sarah Chayes reports from Paris, if you have the misfortune to get sick, France is a good place to be.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports from Idaho on the start of a trial that could handicap the Aryan Nation. Two years ago, members attacked a woman and her son as they drove past the entrance to the hate group's compound. The Southern Poverty Law Center is trying to tie the actions of the groups' followers to their leader, Richard Butler.

NPR's David Welna reports that the new president of the American Bar Association urged lawyers to do more work free of charge for immigrants. Lawyers across the nation are doing less of this pro-bono work as they're pressured to contribute to law firm profits. Also more immigrants are in jail awaiting charges and without access to legal aid.

Peter Clowney of member station WHYY reports on the plan to restore financial solvency to the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, which owns one of the world's richest collections of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art. The plan would raise 85 million dollars to re-endow the foundation and increase the budget for administering the Barnes collection.

NPR's Elaine Korry reports on the high cost of commercial property in San Francisco. High-tech companies have been flocking to San Francisco area in droves, causing office rents to skyrocket. In November voters will decide on two measures on the ballot that would restrict future growth.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from Prague on the opening of The World Bank and International Monetary Fund annual meetings. To counter the expected protests, the World Bank is trying emphasize that they are listening to pleas for social justice...and they're doing that with Bono...the lead singer of the Irish rock band, U2.

NPR's Anthony Brooks reports from St. Petersburg on Democratic Presidential candidate Al Gore's efforts to win voter support in Florida for his Medicare reform plan. Florida is considered a critical state. Both Gore and his Republican opponent, George W. Bush, are offering proposals to add prescription drug coverage to the Medicare program.

Tom Gjelten of NPR News reports that the United States and other western governments today put intense pressure on Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic to admit defeat in yesterday's presidential election. The United States, Britain and Germany challenged Milosevic to accept his fate or face what one European leader called "devastating consequences."

NPR's Martin Kaste reports from Caracas, Venezuela, where high ranking representatives of oil exporting countries are gathering for a summit. OPEC leaders will discuss how to respond to demands for increasing oil production, as a way of lowering petroleum prices. They're not expected to take any action that would drive oil prices below twenty-five dollars a barrel.