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which is attracting national attention. Incumbent Democrat Ronnie Earle has been targeted by Republicans for trying unsuccessfully to prosecute Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison two years ago. Earle failed in his attempt to convict Hutchison of misusing the office of state treasurer during her campaign for the U.S. Senate.

We air a portion of a stump speech of John Hagelin, a Presidential candidate from the Natural Law Party who's on the ballot in 45 states. The main focus of the Natural Law Party is to support the development of the human element--they see America's problems, crime, domestic abuse, pollution -- as human problems and they seek a government that seeks to elevate human behavior. And the way to do that, they say, is not with rules or laws but with education...that teaches people to take better care of themselves, their environment, etc. Governments can't generate health or wealth...it must empower the citizens of the country to best use the human resource.(5:00)

begins tomorrow. Prime Minister Hashimoto dissolved parliament early hoping to strengthen his party's hold on power, but the opposite may happen.

which begins today. The justices will examine some very controversial issues, including the right to doctor-assisted suicide, Presidential immunity from civil lawsuits, English-only laws and gun control.

Commentator Mickey Edwards discusses the Lexington, North Carolina story involving a first-grade boy who kissed a little girl at school...and who got in a lot of trouble. He thinks that the grownups involved in the story are the ones who should stand in the corner.

Thirteen All Things Considered commentators narrate a spooky story they collaborated on. It's a story of a lonely chicken salesman and his voyage of self-discovery. The story takes him on an eerie train ride, to a farmyard populated by bizarre poultry and Yiddish-speaking farmers. The authors passed the story around by e-mail and fax, chapter by chapter. They are Alan Cheuse, Bailey White, Leon Wynter, Laurie Anderson, Andrei Codrescu, Bill Harley, Daniel Pinkwater, Joyce Maynard, Bob Garfield, Amy Dickinson, Teller, Marion Winik and Kevin Kling.

and the future of the National Basketball Association...tonight the league begins its 50th season. He says the sport fits America's appetite for speed and our television habits, just like baseball meshed with radio and the slower pace of life in the past.

Republican Presidential Nominee Bob Dole's plans for a four-day, around-the- clock marathon campaign trip until Tuesday's election. Dole said he intends to 'shake things up' during the final 96 hours before the election.

political contributions can be hard to distinguish. While it's illegal for a U.S. political party to accept money from a foreign corporation, it's not against the law to take money from a domestic subsidiary of a foreign company.

to have an operation on his appendix.