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NPR's Cheryl Corley reports from Chicago on two teens who've been charged with a felony hate crime for pelting Jews with marbles. The boys are both of Palestinian descent, and though no one was hurt in the incident, it has increased tensions in some city neighborhoods.

NPR's Peter Overby reports on the state supreme court election in Ohio, which started out clean and polite but has become increasingly bitter. It's not the candidates' who've been slinging mud; they have stayed quiet on their views and are sticking to the campaign spending limit. But Ohio interest groups aren't bound by the same rules.

Oregon's college football teams are accustomed to losing. But they are laughing stocks no more. This season, as NPR's Tom Goldman reports, the University of Oregon and Oregon State University are both ranked in the top 15. The Ducks and the Beavers don't have fearsome nicknames, but the two schools could square off in one of the most important games in Oregon's history --- for a berth in the Rose Bowl.

The answer to what is the best way to treat breast cancer varies as you travel the around the country, especially when it comes to the use of chemotherapy and radiation. This week, a panel of experts from across the nation gathered to develop a concensus on what is the best and most effective use of these therapies. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

Janet Heimlich reports on the success of schools in Houston, where test scores and public confidence in the school system have both risen since the mid-1990's. Many credit superintendent Rod Paige, who came on in 1994. There's talk that if George W. Bush wins today's presidential election, Paige might be a prime candidate for Secretary of Education.

Koreans on both sides of the demilitarized zone criticize and boycott the new James Bond film Die Another Day. North Koreans say they are unfairly portrayed as an evil regime, while South Koreans say they are portrayed as backward peasants. NPR's Eric Weiner reports.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Weekend Edition entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell about the current glut of reality television shows. They also discuss the controversy brewing over reported plans by CBS to develop a reality show based around the fictional show The Beverly Hillbillies.

David Schaper reports on the official reopening of Chicago's storied Wacker Drive, home to large rodents, cabbies, delivery trucks and smart commuters. The road has two levels, surface and lower, and threads through the city's downtown. The new road, following a two-year facelift, is intended to relieve gridlock.

The Department of Homeland Security prepares to deal with the tangle of different -- and incompatible -- computer systems at the various agencies from which the department is being created. NPR's Larry Abramson reports.

Environmentalists worry about "bio-pharming" -- the creation of grain varieties for drug research. Regular corn and soybean crops could become contaminated, say groups such as Greenpeace. Regulators are just beginning to address those concerns. NPR's John McChesney reports.