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Commentator Kevin Phillips talks about the similarities he finds between Republican Presidential nominee George W. Bush and President Bill Clinton. Phillips says it's ironic that Candidate Bush is trying to tie his opponent Al Gore, as closely to the President as possible, when it's actually Bush who seems to have more in common with the current occupant of the White House.

Linda reports on one of the big publishing events of the fall: the release of The Mark - the eighth novel in the Left Behind series, published by Tyndale press. It's a huge crossover success which began selling in Christian bookstores but can be found in airport bookstores and on the New York Times bestseller list. The story is the Biblical prophecy of the End Times, set in the near future.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Ted Clark wrapping up events at the UN's Millennium Summit.

Guatemalan and American scientists working in the jungles of northern Guatemala have rediscovered Cancuen, a city that was one of the most important commercial centers of the Mayan world from 400 BC to 800 AD.

NPR's Eric Westervelt reports from Philadelphia that newly unsealed police documents show that Pennsylvania State troopers posed as union carpenters to infiltrate groups of protesters at last month's Republican National Convention. During the convention, Philadelphia police repeatedly denied any such infiltration. But city and state police worked together to contain the protests, so it's improbable that city police didn't know what the state police were doing.

In the second part of a two-part series on images of the President in film, Pat Dowell reports on how show business and politics have become intertwined. The movies treat the president's role with a high degree of symbolism...from a wise, almost divine figure during the thirties and forties, to a mythical hero and tough guy in the movies of today. Meanwhile, the real executive office has learned how to use the tricks of Hollywood to its advantage.

Commentator Andrei Codrescu speaks about his girlfriend's love of dogs, and his own dog experience.

NPR's Larry Abramson reports on Deutsche Telekom's bid to buy two US based telecommunications companies. Some lawmakers say the deal shouldn't be allowed because Deutsche Telekom is headed by a foreign government.

NPR's Brian Naylor reports on the failure of House Republicans to override President Clinton's veto of the bill that would have completely repealed the estate tax. They fell 14 votes short of the two-thirds majority needed for an override. Thirteen Democrats who previously had voted for the bill, voted to sustain the President's veto.

A jury in Idaho has found Aryan Nations leader, Richard Butler, liable for an assault against a mother and son. NPR's Andy Bowers reports.