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NPR's Linda Gradstein reports on the latest developments in the Middle East. Israeli helicopter fired rockets at the command centers of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat last night in retaliation for the slayings of two Israelis, presumably by Palestinians.

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports the latest from Palm Beach. Florida election officials have determined that a recount is necessary, but its not clear how the Republicans request to have a court end the recount will affect the proceedings.

President Clinton's east coast campaign.

on the second presidential debate held in San Diego last night.

Thelonius Monk awards.

on the arrest of a Sumitomo copper trader on fraud charges.

Commentator John Ridley wraps up the Democratic National Convention. In the process he learns that reporting the news and getting newsmakers to take you seriously isn't easy.

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said yesterday that he doubts the U.S. economy will fall into a recession. Greenspan believes consumer spending will not be enough to avoid a slowdown, but it will keep the economy growing. NPR's John Ydstie reports.

Vicki O'Hara reports that as a result of the exhaustive Congressional hearings that followed the terrorist bombing of US troops in Dhahran last June, the House National Security Committee has blamed the US intelligence organizations with being ill-informed about and ill-prepared for the terrorist threat in Saudi Arabia.

NPR's Martha Raddatz reports that the Pentagon has concluded that the terrorist bombing of a military installation in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia that resulted in the deaths of nineteen US servicemen in this summer was not the result of faulty intelligence but of a failure of the military command to adopt necessary security precautions.