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This week, presidential candidates Al Gore and George W. Bush visited Wisconsin to rally swing voters as well as party loyalists. Although it only offers 11 electoral votes, the state is considered fertile ground for both parties. Host Lisa Simeone speaks with NPR National Political Correspondent Elizabeth Arnold.

Ethnic Albanians eyeing independence flocked to the polls today in Kosovo's first free election since the end of Yugoslav rule. Minority Serbs boycotted the ballot. Despite the combination of heavy turnout and confusion over election rules, there was no violence at polling stations. NPR's Anne Garrels visited several polling stations in Pristina. She speaks with host Lisa Simeone.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on a large rally yesterday in Grand Chute, Wisconsin, for Republican Presidential candidate George W. Bush. Wisconsin went Democratic in the last three national elections, but this time, the state appears to be up grabs.

Liane talks with NPR's Senior Washington Editor Ron Elving about what we can expect in the final full week of campaigning before the Presidential election.

Attorney Allegra Pacheco moved to Israel in 1994 to defend the human rights of Palestinains under Israeli control. She traces the roots of recent violence in the area to the policy of separation.

NPR's Margot Adler reports on a new exhibit at the New York Public Library about Utopia. The belief in a "perfect society" goes back thousands of years, and the more than 400 items on display constitute the the largest exhibit ever mounted by the Library.

New Mexico has a mere five votes in the Electoral College, but the tight presidential race has turned The Land of Enchantment into a must-visit destination for the candidates. Al Gore, Joseph Lieberman, and Dick Cheney visited the state in the past week, and George W. Bush is expected to campaign there tomorrow. Liane visits this unlikely battleground state and speaks with a few New Mexican voters about their concerns and their opinions.

It's called The God Particle. It's the Higgs Boson, a sub-atomic particle that may explain why things have mass and don't zip around unteathered. Physicists at a lab in Europe think they've caught a glimpse of it, but time is running out on their experiments, because their facility is about to be torn down. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports on their efforts to beat the clock.

Essayist Andrea D'Asaro describes getting through Halloween in a family that didn't allow the kids to eat sweets.

This year, Peg Collison joined tens of thousands of older Americans in making the move from her home of almost thirty years into a retirement community. She had planned for the move, saving her money and taking out long-term health insurance. Still, her decision to move was difficult for her family, her friends and herself. As part of our series on the Changing Face of America, Peg Collison and her son, radio producer Dan Collison, produced a three part series on her transition. It's called Mom's Good Move.