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One of the Republicans' promises to congressional office workers, the right to unionize, may be slipping away. The law passed at the beginning of the 104th Congress allowing aides to organize specifies a deadline of October first for a final approval vote. But NPR's Barbara Bradley reports that Congress has not been able to work out which staffers should be allowed to unionize and under what terms.

in the West Bank and Gaza.

. He also reviews the successes and failures of the Congress, expected to adjourn next week.

about his new book >A Civil War, Army Versus Navy -- A Year Inside College Football's Purest Rivalry, that looks at the storied rivalry between the military's two most august academies.

and Marshall Whitman of the Heritage Foundation about the electorate's message to the politicians. A message that demands both side "get along with each other."

The United Steelworkers Union's agreement with Bridgestone/Firestone Manufacturer, the giant U-S tire manufacturer to end a labor dispute that has been going on for more than two years. NPR's Don Gonyea reports that both sides say that they got what they wanted out of the settlement.

NPR's Cheryl Devall reports on an historic shift in the Florida legislature. Both houses are now Republican-controlled. They may find themselves at odds with Democratic Governor Lawton Chiles ... a situation similar to that of the President and the Congress.

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Commentator Alice Furlaud takes a moment to stop and consider the possibility that meat-eating may go completely out of style, given the Mad Cow disease crisis and continued concerns about E.coli bacterial contamination. She wonders what the cost of going totally meatless would be for certain cultures...such as the Swiss. (4:00) (S

. At least fifty-five people have died in the clashes between Palestinian police and Israeli troops sparked by the opening of a tunnel near a Muslim holy site.