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NPR's Larry Abramson reports on a cyber-break-in at Microsoft's headquarters this week. Microsoft says hackers accessed blueprints for software -- but didn't see codes for the most popular products such as Windows ME, Windows 2000 or Microsoft Office. The company said the programs that were involved were still under development and had not been corrupted or tampered with.

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports on a coal mine pond that gave way in eastern Kentucky, releasing 250-million gallons of thick black sludge that polluted streams, killed fish and cut off drinking water supplies. Cleanup is under way.

NPR's Kenneth Walker in Abidjan reports calm has returned to Ivory Coast after the new president and his main rival appealed for an end to the violence that has wracked the country for the past three days.

Texas Governor George W. Bush has always been a man who made friends easily and kept them for a long time. That ability has helped him make use of his opportunities in business and politics and to succeed where other sons of presidents have failed. With the election now just eleven days away, NPR's Steve Inskeep has this profile of the Republican nominee.

Commentator Lenore Skenazy says Halloween has taken on the commercial importance of Christmas, much to her chagrin. It used to be a relatively unadorned festival. Now it's full of lawn ornaments, lights and plastic tchotchke.

With a little more than a week before Election day, things are heating up between the presidential campaigns. An ad supporting Governor Bush is causing some controversy. We have two reports, first from NPR's Anthony Brooks with the the Gore campaign, then NPR's Peter Kenyon with Governor Bush.

Scott speaks with NPR's Brian Naylor about how Republican leaders and the President are odds over a tax and spending bill right before the election.

Scott speaks with Wired magazine's John Heilemann about his article in the November issue about Microsoft and the government anti-trust case against the software giant.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem reports Israel's symphony orchestra played the music of Richard Wagner in concert Friday, the first time the orchestra has ever presented works by Hitler's favorite composer.

Noah talks to sportswriter Stefan Fatsis about the latest pro-basketball news, in advance of the National Basketball Association's new season, which starts next week. The Minnesota Timberwolves have been fined three-point-five million dollars and stripped of their next five first-round draft picks. The league says the Timberwolves violated the salary cap by making an under-the-table deal with player Joe Smith.