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NPR's Christopher Joyce reports that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have completed an extensive study on way that war affects the human psyche. The study, conducted in Kosovo and published in this week's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, concludes, that civilian populations in warzones experience unusually high levels of anxiety, sleeplessness, and other forms of psychiatric distress.

Texas Governor George Bush flew to West Virginia this morning for a rally at a veterans memorial. On the way there, Bush talked to reporters aboard his campaign airplane and shared his view of retired General Colin Powell's speech as well as President Clinton's comments about the Bush campaign. NPR's Don Gonyea is traveling with Bush as he heads toward the GOP convention in Philadelphia.

Host Alex Chadwick talks to reporter Satish Jacob about the violence in Kashmir. At least 84 people in Kashmir have died in a string of attacks blamed on suspected Islamic guerrillas opposed to a cease-fire in the disputed territory. The attacks came as the Indian government prepares to talk to the main guerrilla group in Kashmir, where more than 25-thousand people have died over the course of an eleven-year Islamic insurgency.

NPR's Ted Clark reports that Syria's new president, Bashar Assad, has released 30 political prisoners imprisoned by his father. The prisoner releases have sparked speculation that the new president might prove to be more liberal than his father. But experts say the late Hafez Assad initiated the liberalization and had begun releasing political prisoners before his death earlier this summer.

GOP Sen. John McCain of Arizona arrived in Philadelphia a day early to address the Shadow Convention, an unofficial gathering focused on campaign finance reform and poverty reduction. McCain urged his followers to turn their support to Governor Bush, which drew heckles from some in the audience. NPR's Lynn Neary reports from the University of Pennsylvania campus.

On Tuesday, three members of the Kansas State Board of Education who voted to remove the theory of evolution from state-wide assessment tests are facing election battles. Peter Hancock of member station KANU reports that the school board race is garnering unprecedented attention, and the evolution issue has become something of a litmus test for candidates in many state-wide races.

Dick Cheney may befacing a bigger decision than that of accepting the other half of Governor Bush's ticket; if Cheney accepts the stock options given to him by the Haliburton Company as part of his retirement package, the potential Vice-President could be in a position to influence how much those options are worth. NPR's Peter Overby reports on Cheney's dilemma.

NPR's Michele Kelemen reports from Moscow that Norwegian divers in the Barents Sea have confirmed Russia's worst fears: all 118 men aboard the submarine Kursk are dead. As the rescue effort wound down, Russians continue to ask questions about their government's handling of the tragedy. Attention also turned to the task of raising the sub from the ocean floor before its nuclear reactors begin to leak.'

From Missoula, Montana, Kathy Witkowsy reports on the widespread damage that drought and wildfires are causing in the western part of the state. Hundreds of thousands of acres of forest have burned already, and millions of acres more have been closed because of fire danger. Businesses that rely on tourism are losing money, and ranchers are facing losses too. More than 200 buildings have been destroyed by fire.

Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush proposed today that low-income seniors receive prescription drugs for free. Bush also said that all seniors ought to have a choice of plans that would pay up at one fourth of their drug costs, either by government program or through private insurance. Steve Inskeep, traveling with the Bush campaign, filed this report for NPR News.