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Commentator Murray Horwitz has been looking at a photo of Bill Cosby and his son Ennis for nearly ten years. The two are pictured on the cover of a book of photographs of fathers and their sons -- a book which also contains a photo of Horwitz and his son. Horwitz says that since the death of Ennis Cosby, the way he looks at the photo of the Cosbys has changed -- and so, maybe, has his relationship with his son. (3:00) ((STATIONS: "Fathers and Sons" was published by Abbeville Press, in

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Unemployment figures around the country hover just above five percent. NPR's Rick Karr reports that the labor market is particularly tight in parts of the midwest, especially for skilled labor.

The BBC's Paul Wood reports from Belgrade that the federal Yugoslav court has turned down an appeal by the Opposition to re-instate election results from last month's local elections. Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic had annulled those elections when results showed his ruling party had lost. Opposition parties continue to protest in the streets...and their demonstrations are drawing support from the international community.

Commentator Katherine Kersten thinks the idea that girls are being shortchanged in schools because of widespread gender bias misses the point. Kersten says, in fact, it is our daughters who are doing fine. It is the boys who need more help. She says some girls are now getting the wrong message - that they should be more aggressive and speak out more forcefully. She thinks girls shouldn't feel like victims - they should just work harder.

Christina Koenig of Minnesota Public Radio reports that students at a northern Minnesota high school have been heading up an effort to change geographic names that may have offensive connotations to Native Americans. One such word is "squaw." The students are now working to change the name of Squaw Lake, Minnesota...and not all the residents of the town are happy with their efforts.

talks about the origins of stuffing. And Chefs Alice Waters and Robert Bruce give us their favorite recipes.

about the summit meeting of European Union leaders trying to agree on the terms for monetary union before the end of the century.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on new tensions in Israel, following the drive-by shooting of a Jewish settler family outside of Ramallah, which left a mother and child dead. A radical Palestinian group based in Damascus claimed responsibility. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank "heroes" at the family funerals today, a statement that seemed certain to further aggravate growing Palestinian anger over settlement growth in the West Bank.

, Chairman of the Republican Conference in the House, about his party plans if it retains a majority after next Tuesday's election.