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James Murray reports from Toronto on Stockwell Day, the new leader of the right-wing Canadian Alliance party.With his talk about tax cuts and smaller government, he's the biggest threat to the centrist governing Liberal Party. But his fundamentalist Christian beliefs are causing a stir.

From member station WXXI Walter Gabalski reports many Americas are looking to our neighbor to the north for their higher education. Canadian schools are showing up more and more at college fairs in America. Though the Canadian schools offer different programs than many American schools, they cost less and there are many Americans who just can't pass up the bargain.

NPR's Andrea DeLeon reports from Leroy, New York on a museum dedicated to the wiggly-giggly stuff that put the town on the map: Jello. Pearl Waite's invention of the instant desert 103 years ago took flavored gelatin off the exclusive plates of the wealthy and into America's kitchen. And church socials haven't been the same since.

NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on a new study showing a high rate of medical errors at a large Chicago hospital. Until now, the debate over medical errors has shed more heat than light on the problem. The new study adds support to those who maintain that the rate of errors is unacceptably high. It appears in this month's issue of Archives of Surgery.

In the first of a two-part National Geographic Radio Expedition, NPR's John Nielsen reports from Peru on how road construction can hurt the rain forests. It happened in Brazil several years ago, when the Trans Amazonian Highway brought loggers and settlers into previously inaccessible parts of the jungle. Now, the Trans-Oceanic Highway could have similar results in Peru.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports on the latest election news from Tallahassee where arguments between both camps are becoming more heated. Bush and Gore deputies appeared on Sunday's TV talk shows to make their cases. On Monday, Florida's Supreme Court will hear arguments about whether the hand-counted Florida ballots must be included in Florida's Presidential tally.

Capitol Public Radio's Allison Frost reports from Sacramento, California on how the state is training its lawmakers. New term limits mean there's a higher turn-over of representatives in the California Legislature, and many of them lack the knowledge and skill of how the state government actually works. Now they're learning about that through the New Capitol Institute.

NPR's Melissa Block reports the U.S. Supreme Court has denied a request to allow an audio recording of the historic oral arguments in the George W. Bush campaign's appeal of the Florida Supreme Court decision. The Florida high court mandated that hand-counted ballots be included in the state's vote totals, despite the passing of a deadline.

In the conclusion of a two part National Geographic Radio Expedition, NPR's John Nielsen reports from Peru on the mixed reactions to the Trans-Oceanic Highway. Nielsen completes his journey along the road and witnesses the hazards it has created for the people of the Amazon while establishing the jungle's only bridge to the 21st century.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports on the tight presidential results in New Mexico. On election night, it looked like Al Gore had a safe win but several irregularities since then have caused the lead to go back and forth, the vice president now leads by less than 400 votes.