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Critic Bob Mondello has a review of the new Baz Luhrmann film, "Romeo and Juliet." The script is faithful to the language of the Shakespeare play...the characters all speak in Elizabethan English...but the setting has been moved to the present-day. Mondello says that the imagery and use of modern sets is somewhat discordant and unsettling, but that the story has lost none of its power.

through Pennsylvania and Ohio, two states which appear to be leaning heavily in his favor.

- On election night, news networks will be predicting winners hours before polls close around the country. Daniel talks with Curtis Gans about the effect of these projections on voter turnouts. Gans is the Director of the Non-Partisan Committee for the Study of the American Electorate. He says many studies show a decline in voting on the West coast after networks begin projecting winners, which could make a big difference in this election.

Critic Bob Mondello has a review of the latest Barbra Streisand movie, "The Mirror Has Two Faces." He says that Streisand is sticking with a role she's played in several movies, that of ugly-duckling-turns-to-swan, and to be honest, it's getting a little tiresome.

At a meeting in Bethesda, Maryland today, researchers presented evidence about how our mental state can affect our physical bodies. In one study, researchers showed that happily married couples had weakened immune systems after a fight. So if you're going to have a fight with your spouse, you'd better button up your overcoat. NPR's Michelle Trudeau reports.

Former diplomat Alger Hiss, accused of having been part of a communist espionage ring in the 1930's, died today at a New York Hospital at the age of 92. Robert talks about the Hiss case and its influence on American politics in this obituary. Hiss maintained his innocence up through the end of his life.

Senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that the United States seems to have shirked its role as world peacekeeper lately, and thus diminished its role as the one remaining superpower.

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Two airplanes collided today in the skies over New Delhi, India, and more than 350 people are feared dead. A Saudi Boeing 747 carrying 312 passengers had just taken off from Indira Gandhi International Airport when it struck a Kazak Airlines plane trying to land with 39 people. This could be the third deadliest crash in aviation history. Lea Terhune reports from New Delhi.

Commentator Kevin Kling tells a story about the time he decided it was time to get a bike. Not a bicycle...a MOTORcycle. He takes his motorcycle out with some more experienced riders...which is to say, a bunch of bikers...and begins to find out what he's made of.