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NPR's Wendy Schmelzer reports that doctors from Duke and Johns Hopkins University have found a correlation between head injuries incurred during young adulthood and Alzheimer's Disease. Their findings are published in the latest issue of the journal, Neurology. The doctors examined the records of more than 500 World War II veterans who were hospitalized with head trauma. They found a slight increase in the occurrence of Alzheimer's with those veterans who suffered serious head injuries.

African-Americans are traditionally among the Democrats most loyal voters, with more than 8-in-10 voting for the party nominees in recent presidential elections. But blacks are less likely than whites to vote. In an election as close as this, turning up the turn out among African-Americans is a top priority for Vice President Al Gore's supporters. From Chicago, NPR's Phillip Martin reports on the get-out-the-vote effort, and the Republican's parry.

NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports an international arbitration panel will decide if the United States has violated a provision in NAFTA that would allow Mexican trucks on all U-S Highways. The dispute, between Mexico and the US centers on whether Mexican trucks are so unsafe as to pose a threat to US motorists. If the arbitration fails to resolve the problem, the two countries could impose trade sanctions and tariffs on each other.

NPR's Howard Berkes reports a judge assigned to hear arguments dealing with the vote recount in Palm Beach County had to remove himself from the cases yesterday. The judge has been accused of saying voters who claim they did not understand the ballot there were stupid. The judge denies the charges. Its just another in a growing number of controversies surrounding the recount in Florida, and delaying the official announcement of who will receive the states 25 electoral votes.

NPR's Jack Speer reports on the latest one-cent stamp hike by the U-S Postal Service. Starting in January, first-class stamps will cost 34 cents. That extra penny will mean a billion dollars a year in revenue for the Postal Service, which is just emerging from years of debt. Many consumers, still complaining about the last stamp hike in 1999, are using email and electronic bill paying services.

The far-right National Democratic Party marched through the streets of Berlin to demonstrate against the German government's proposal to BAN the party outright. About 2000 neo-Nazi protesters were met by thousands of COUNTER-protesters. The demonstration is the fifth major rally the party has held in Berlin this year and, as NPR's Guy Raz reports, tension between the two sides nearly escalated into violence.

NPR's Emily Harris reports on concerns over the proposed merger between Time Warner and America Online. In an effort to win Federal Trade Commission's approval, Time Warner has agreed to offer AOL's Internet rival, Earthlink, access to high-speed web services over its cable system. But smaller Internet companies are now worried they'll be shut out from the service. (

For the past week, NPR's Eric Westervelt has reported on the Florida recount from the parking lot of the Palm Beach County Emergency Operations Center. The next president of the United State may be determined by what the election canvassing board decides inside the Center. Outside, all kinds of people have wandered by for a look, and Westervelt files an audio notebook on some of the more colorful characters that he's met.

Tahira Simon of Youth Radio reports on how a girl's basketball coach at a California high school is helping his players on and off the court. Jeff Duncan-Andrade of Oakland High School keeps his girls focused on getting into college by requiring them to attend team study sessions six hours a week, even in the off season. His approach has turned the sports team into an academic program, and is helping his players prepare for the SATs.

Jeannie Baron reports from Montpelier, Vermont on the new CEO who will oversee Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream. The company was bought out by Unilever earlier this year. The European conglomerate promised to maintain the smaller company's commitment to social activism, but the appointment of Yves Couette has raised enough doubt for Ben & Jerry's founders, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, that the two may leave the company.