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Hundreds of people are missing and thousands are homeless in the wake of Hurricane Charley. The powerful Category 4 storm hit land Friday near Fort Myers in Southwest Florida. The storm has headed north into the Carolinas. Hear NPR's Scott Simon and reporter Pat Duggins in Orlando, Fla.

Point-of-view media, such as talk radio and cable's talking heads, have become a refuge and valued source of information for many conservatives. Liberals are flocking to their own type of opinion media, such as director Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11. NPR's Kim Masters reports.

Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Beslan, where a hostage crisis ended in carnage Friday. At least 330 people died Friday as security forces battled Chechen rebels. Half were children. In the wake of the disaster, Putin eyes a new approach to counterterror efforts. NPR's Lawrence Sheets reports.

After reviewing a video, the British government confirms that contractor Kenneth Bigley was beheaded in Iraq. In an earlier video, Bigley had pleaded for authorities to meet his captors' demands. He was abducted along with two Americans, both of whom were killed earlier. NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports.

NPR's Robert Siegel reports on the long awaited presidential debate which airs this evening at 9 p.m. ET from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Fla. So, what can America expect? We talk with the candidates' former debate opponents and get an analysis from journalists about their styles.

President Bush appears at the White House with interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi to emphasize Iraq's progress toward security and democracy. The two leaders touted improvements and vowed to make the elections happen on time. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry accuses President Bush of "colossal failures of judgment" in Iraq. Kerry's speech at New York University came one day before Bush's scheduled address to the U.N. General Assembly in New York. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

NPR's Joanne Silberner reports on the continuing controversy over a vaccine to prevent one of the leading killers of children in the so-called developing world, the rotavirus. The vaccine is currently too expensive for poor nations to afford, and the pharmaceutical companies developing the vaccine are insisting on more testing.

The International Atomic Energy Agency, meeting in Vienna on Friday, approves a resolution strongly critical of Iran. The resolution deplores Iran's failure to fully cooperate with IAEA inspectors amid growing suspicions Tehran is pursuing a nuclear weapons program. NPR's Mike Shuster reports.

Twenty-one years ago, Morning Edition launched what has become an Independence Day tradition: hosts, reporters, newscasters and commentators reading the Declaration of Independence.