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Like President Bush, Sen. John Kerry has a standard speech he delivers at every rally and whistle stop on the campaign trail. Though it's evolved over time, key elements of the speech remain constant: the opening joke and overarching campaign message. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

A team of international election observers is in the United States in advance of the November vote. The group spent last week examining voting procedures in St. Louis, where four years ago the election was marred by charges that hundreds of registered voters were prevented from casting ballots. NPR's Greg Allen reports.

The subway transformed the nation's largest city, and how the world viewed it. Over the decades, pop culture depictions of the subway have reflected the ever-changing image of the Big Apple. NPR's Robert Smith reports.

A little-known part of the new Medicare drug legislation pays for some very expensive medicine -- when administered at home instead of at doctors' offices. Medicare officials call the Replacement Drug Demonstration a good deal. But far fewer people have signed up than expected, and the deadline to apply has been extended. NPR's Joanne Silberner reports.

Briton Kenneth Bigley, one of three workers kidnapped in Iraq last week, pleads for his life in a video released over the Internet by his captors. Two hostages held with Bigley, Americans Eugene Armstrong and Jack Hensley, have been killed. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

Saddam Hussein, the former president of Iraq, appears before a judge in Baghdad. The captured dictator was defiant in court, rejecting the accusations against him and refusing to sign a charge sheet acknowledging that he had been advised of his rights. His trial is not expected to begin until next year. NPR's Deborah Amos reports.

Shortly after the Cassini spacecraft fired its rocket and entered orbit around Saturn late Wednesday night, the craft turned its cameras down to peer at Saturn's rings. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

Sen. John Kerry is expected to name a running mate soon, but the timing remains a matter for speculation. Campaign officials say the Democratic contender will make his choice known via an e-mail sent to subscribers of Kerry's Web site. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and Los Angeles Times reporter Matea Gold.

NPR's Melissa Block reports on the controversy over Bruce Springsteen's new song that alludes to the police shooting of African immigrant Amadou Diallo. The song is called American Skin. New York City's police union leaders are irked over the song's lyrics — quote — "You can get killed just for living in your American skin."

Journalist George Packer's article in the March 26 issue of The New Yorker magazine is called "Betrayed: The Iraqis Who Trusted America the Most." He reports that men employed by Americans as interpreters, construction workers, drivers and office workers are now being marked for death.