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Robert and Linda review what public opinion polls are showing about how Americans view the ongoing court battle over the presidential election, and we hear what some Americans are saying in cities around the country.

NPR's Madeline Brand reports on how indecision in the presidential election has brought elephants, donkeys... and a mule to the Washington D.C. scene. The controversy over the election is bringing what some see as a surreal cast over the city.

When New York teams last played in the World Series, in 1956, the games would spark impromptu gatherings around the city. Such spontaneity isn't as common today, but it still exists, as NPR's Tom Goldman found out on Manhattan's Upper West Side.

Brian Wright at member station WUKY reports urban sprawl is invading the farmland of Lexington, Kentucky and the local government is not happy. In order to keep Kentucky's bluegrass, the city is offering to pay residents to keep them from developing.

How are our hearts and minds affected by the buildings that surround us? As a part of NPR's series on American society and architecture, Alex Van Oss visits everything from skyscrapers in New York City to old colonial homes in Virginia, to see how these places make us feel.

Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan reviews Venus Beauty Institute. The award-winning French film about love in a Parisian hair salon is now opening in some U.S. cities.

NPR's Emily Harris reports on the long-running battle in Berlin over whether a city of 3.5 million people can afford three government-funded opera houses.

Jerome Socolovsky reports on efforts in Madrid to reduce the city's noise pollution. A cultural habit of loud public behavior has made the going tough. But some progress is happening, by educating habitual noisemakers in an unusual way.

The campaign for city auditor in Denver gets a little less heated after a Web-savvy campaign manager decides to let the opposition have a bit of online exposure.

NPR's Gerry Hadden reports that Mexico's Zapatista rebels are marching to Mexico City. The group's long struggle has come to symbolize for many, the plight of the persecuted and downtrodden around the world.