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President Bush and Sen. John Kerry campaign furiously in key battleground states, exchanging attacks on gun control, Iraq and the economy. Meanwhile, CBS News says it will stand by a disputed story on the president's service in the Air National Guard. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

Suspected Chechen militants seize a school in southern Russia. Reports suggest between 120 to as many as 400 people are inside, many of them children. The militants threaten to blow up the school if Russian security forces try to storm the building. Hear NPR's Lawrence Sheets.

State officials order more than a million people to evacuate Florida's east coast as Hurricane Frances heads their way. The storm is twice the size of Hurricane Charley, which battered the state three weeks ago -- and just as potent. Bobby Link of Florida Public Radio reports.

As the region around Beslan tries to cope with a school siege that resulted in hundreds dead, fears spread of discord between North Ossetia, where the takeover occurred, and Ingushetia, where some of the gunmen were from. NPR's Lawrence Sheets reports.

In Beslan, Russia, funerals began Sunday for the more than 330 people killed in a confrontation between Chechen separatists and Russian forces. Many of the dead were children held hostage before Friday's bloody end to the siege. NPR's Lawrence Sheets reports.

Parishioners at a Catholic church outside Boston file a lawsuit to stop the Archdiocese of Boston from closing their parish and selling off its property. The archdiocese argues the courts can't intervene in internal church matters. Monica Brady-Myerov of member station WBUR reports.

Vice President Dick Cheney spends the majority of his campaigning bashing Democratic opponent John Kerry and his fitness to be president. Mainly local news outlets cover these events. Cheney refuses to allow a variety of national news organizations to travel with him. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports.

Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry says President Bush is "in denial" about events in Iraq, criticizing the president's speech to the United Nations. Kerry says Bush lacks the credibility to win international support. NPR's Scott Horsley reports.

Hurricane Ivan heads for landfall in Mobile, Ala., and along the Gulf Coast. Residents prepare their homes and face the tough decision whether to evacuate, and how far to go. Others are sheltering in a hospital. NPR's Debbie Elliott reports.

Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin steps down as the head of the Chinese military, completing the first orderly handover of power in the history of the Chinese communist state. Jiang ceded his post to President Hu Jintao. NPR's Rob Gifford reports.