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NPR's Ted Clark reports the Clinton Administration is disputing assertions that the 7-year-old framework for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks is no longer viable. But a growing number of Palestinians and some Israelis say the violence of the past three weeks has irrevocably altered the situation.

Researchers from Yale and Brown Universities report in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association that they have measured the actual brain volume of children who were born prematurely, using M.R.I. scans once the children reached eight years of age. They found that the earlier the premature birth, the more insult to the brain, resulting in a related decrease in I.Q. test scores. It's a first step towards quantifying how much delayed brain development affects intelligence. NPR's Michelle Trudeau has the story.

NPR's Linda Gradstein in Jerusalem reports there were sporadic clashes in the West Bank and Gaza today, the day after the Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to work toward ending the violence. But in a development that could re-ignite the unrest, Israel Radio reports security forces have arrested some of the Palestinians suspected of taking part in the mob killing of two Israeli soldiers in Ramallah last week.

In the third and final debate last night, presidential candidates George W. Bush and Al Gore presented radically different cures for the issues that ail America. For Democrat Gore, the answers lie in policy, and on issue after issue Gore said he disagreed with his opponent. Republican George W. Bush took different tack. He argued that the real difference was who could be trusted, who could get things done, and he pointed to his record in Texas. In marshalling evidence to support their divergent views, both candidates occasionally stretched the truth. NPR's Peter Kenyon sets the record straight.

The major party candidates for president returned to campaigning in swing states today after holding their third and final debate last night in St. Louis. Both camps treated today's events as victory rallies, claiming their man had the upper hand last night. NPR's Anthony Brooks has the latest on the Gore camp, and NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on the Bush campaign.

NPR's Pam Fessler reports President Clinton, survivors of the U.S.S. Cole explosion, victims' families, and military officials gathered for a memorial service in Norfolk, Virginia, today. Attendees cheered the survivors, who arrived by ambulance. The president said service members like those on the Cole, prevent war by "standing guard for peace." He said the U.S. will find the terrorists who bombed the Cole, and justice will be done.

Robert talks with Salameh Nematt, Amman Bureau Chief of Al Hayat newspaper, about Arab reaction to the crisis between the Israelis and the Palestinians.

NPR's Margot Adler reports that American Jewish leaders are expressing shock, and American Arabs anger, over the latest violence in the Middle East. At least one Jewish group says Israel no longer has a "partner for peace" in Yasser Arafat. American Arab leaders say they feel betrayed by the U.S. government and media, whom they say are taking Israeli deaths more seriously than Arab deaths. Both groups say support for peace has dropped over the past two weeks.

NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on the first day of testimony in the trial of four Los Angeles policemen charged in connection with the corruption and abuse scandal at the L.A.P.D.'s Rampart Division.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on problems that have surfaced in the big U.S. program designed to fight trafficking in Colombia. Neither the Colombian government nor other countries have come up with their share of the funding. A Congressional report highlights mismanagement in implementation of the program, known as Plan Colombia.