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Linda Wertheimer talks with Washington Post reporter Mary Pat Flaherty about a report indicating design flaws in the Osprey aircraft. Marine Corps pilots say that the flaws were known about before recent accidents but were ignored, because the corps wanted to win Pentagon funding for full production of the plane.

By Angela HattonMurray, KY – Recent Rainfall is still not enough to wipe out the statewide drought.Click the "Listen" icon above to hear Angela Hatton's…

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports from the Bush campaign which is visiting Tennessee, Illinois, and Florida today. With the latest polls showing the candidates drawing even again, the campaigning continues furiously.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr reviews Keeping the Edge: Managing Defense for the Future, a bi-partisan report to be released tomorrow on the future needs of America's military.

After a pod of nearly 100 pilot whales beached themselves on Tuesday, more than 50 of them died overnight. Now officials say the remaining 47 will be euthanized.

NPR's Phillip Davis reports on the situation unfolding in Miami-Dade. The county pulled back from recounting votes saying it can not meet the upcoming Sunday deadline. Vice President Al Gore's campaign plans to take them to court.

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Beth Fertig of member station WNYC reports on an investigation by New York City and by the state that shows how the case of abused-to-death 6 year old Elisa was bungled...and how other cases have also slipped through the social welfare cracks.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports from Jerusalem where the Israeli army closed the West Bank over the weekend, keeping both Palestinian residents and Jewish settlers close to home for fear of further violence. The population now awaits the results of today's summit with waning optimism.

Two reports on the presidential campaign; NPR's Andy Bowers followed Al Gore to his home state yesterday to hear about "re-inventing government" while Peter Kenyon was in Florida where George Bush stressed his tax cut.