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NPR's Tom Goldman reports the subway series could be all over tomorrow. The Yankees beat the Mets in the fourth game of the World Series last night to take a three-to-one lead over their rivals.

Host Rene Montagne talks with two friends of music pioneer Tracey Sterne. Sterne introduced listeners to 20th century American composers as well as traditional music from around the world. A new double-CD set honors both her work at Nonesuch Records and her earlier career as a concert pianist.

Colorado Public Radio's Howie Movshovitz reports on the remake of the classic Brazilian film, Black Orpheus. Unlike the original, the new movie plays up to the reality of black life in Brazil, including the violence and the poverty, and uses the backdrop of Carnival to highlight the discrepancies in Brazilian society.

Linda Wertheimer talks with Mahmoud Zahar, a leader for Hamas, about resolving differences between Hamas and Chairman Arafat's Palestinian Authority. Zahar says both groups now believe in retaliation against Israel for recent Palestinian deaths. In the past, the Palestinian Authority has promoted negotiation rather than acts of violence. Hamas has always believed in resisting the Israelis with force.

NPR's Linda Gradstein in Jerusalem reports the upsurge of violence in the Middle East has sparked a new phenomenon in that region...cyber war. Hackers have attacked the Israeli Army and Foreign Ministry websites, among others, apparently in retaliation for a cyberattack on the website of the Lebanese Islamist group Hizbollah.

Linda and Noah read some of the listener mail received during the past week.

N-P-R's Claudio Sanchez reports on a perennial election year issue: school vouchers. The issue is particularly controversial in Michigan, where a ballot initiative, known as Proposal One, has drawn both praise and criticism. School vouchers are also on California's ballot next month.

NPR's Charles Maynes reports form Moscow that divers are beginning to recover bodies from the Kursk, the Russian nuclear submarine that sank in the Berents sea three months ago. All 118 crew members were killed in Russia's worst naval disaster ever.

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on two studies from the Rand Corporation think tank that offer starkly different views of the widely publicized improvements of Texas students on standardized tests. The dueling reports have stirred up the debate over education in the presidential campaign.

Throughout this campaign year, education has ranked among the top concerns of voters -- especially those suburban women who often cross party lines and decide electoral outcomes. NPR's David Welna went to the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights to talk to moms with school-age children in a neighborhood George W. Bush visited this week.