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In the early months of the Bush administration, momentum was gaining to liberalize immigration laws for Mexican workers. Interest cooled after the Sept. 11 attacks, but now some officials are again considering a guest worker program. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports.

NPR's Mark Roberts reports on the controversy surrounding tomorrow's Columbus Day parade in Denver. The Italian-American community, which organized the event, has broken an agreement with Hispanic and Native American groups to call it an "Italian Pride" day, using not references to Columbus. Italian-American leaders back their decision to break the agreement saying it violates their rights to free speech..

NPR's Melissa Block reports on the New York Senate race between First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and Long Island Congressman Rick Lazio. The polls show the race is close, with perhaps Clinton opening up a narrow lead. Some people say Lazio needs to run a more energized campaign. Others say Clinton is improving as a candidate.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Kosovo that ethnic Albanians are uneasy over the ascent to power of president-elect Vojislav Kostunica in Yugoslavia. As long as their arch enemy, Slobodan Milosevic, ruled, Kosovar Albanians could rely on the whole-hearted support of the international community. With a more democratic Yugoslav government, the Kosovars will be pressured to seek accommodation with Belgrade. As for the Kosovo Serb community, it is sharply divided between Kostunica and Milosevic supporters.

A message attributed to Osama bin Laden and broadcast on the Arab TV network Al-Jazeera urges Iraqis to resist any military action by the United States and encourages them to carry out suicide attacks. NPR's Kate Seelye reports.

A modest satellite a million miles from earth unequivocally answers some of the deepest questions about our universe, astronomers say. The satellite has determined not only the age of the universe, but has even fixed our ultimate fate. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

An independent panel headed by retired Navy Adm. Harold Gehman takes over the Columbia investigation. Meanwhile, a joint House-Senate hearing launches a congressional investigation into why the space shuttle broke apart upon re-entry Feb. 1. NPR's Larry Abramson reports.

Wisconsin has been Democratic in the last three Presidential elections, but this year it's too close to call. That has both campaigns calling in extra resources this month and looking for swing votes. One source both parties would like to tap is on Milwaukee's South Side, where Hispanics are the latest immigrant group to come of age politically and make their presence felt. NPR's David Welna reports.

NPR's Joanne Silberner reports on a new study showing that some women who are already at risk of breast cancer may have inadvertently increased that risk if they took birth control pills before 1975. Those pills had a higher level of the hormone estrogen than pills made later. The study looked at women who have already had a sister or mother with breast cancer.

Several poultry producers from the state of Georgia are traveling to Cuba this week, hoping to establish new markets for their products. Susanna Capelouto of Peach State Public Radio reports that the trade mission is the first of its kind since the U.S. began it's embargo of Cuba nearly forty years ago. But while chicken is in high demand on the island nation, money is scarce. (