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More Americans are relying on investments to help them buy a house or to pay the college bills...but most investors can't even distinguish between different kinds of mutual funds. As NPR's Elaine Korry reports, that makes for a rich climate for rogue brokers...and it makes it important for investors to investigate the person who's handling their money.

, Junior of Illinois is giving to other Democratic candidates, in the final days of the campaign. Jackson has no opponent in his Chicago district and is devoting his time to campaigning around the country in hopes of winning a Democratic majority in the House of Representatives.

White House Correspondent Mara Liasson talks with political experts and voters at a recent Clinton rally about the issues that may confront the winner of the upcoming presidential election. Among the questions raised by the experts is whether or not President Clinton...if he wins in November... has fully prepared the country about his agenda for a second term.

to win the presidency, there will still be major changes in the White House. As many as six members of President Clinton's cabinet will resign...including Secretary of State Warren Christopher and Defense Secretary William Perry. The administration says it's simply reorganizing for President Clinton's second term.

NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports on what appears to be a split vote on six Congressional House seats up for grabs this election. The state was seen as a bellwether for the conservative shift in 1994, when six seats flipped from Democratic to Republican. The margin was narrow in 1994, however, and this year's readjustment may indicate that 1994 wasn't such a strong rightward swing.

Russia is angry over the White House's decision to block the sale of ultra-fast supercomuters to Moscow. The Russians say they need the technology to conduct virtual nuclear tests so that they won't have to conduct real nuclear testing, which is forbidden under September's nuclear test ban treaty. NPR's Andy Bowers reports the decision demonstrates the lingering distrust surrounding the nuclear arms race.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past eek's news, including State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns, White House ress Secretary Mike McCurry, Ward Connerly of the California Civil Rights nitiative, Jack Valenti Chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America nd scientist Carl Sagan (SAY-gun) who died this past Friday.

In the first of two installments, Liane talks with Ken Auletta, columnist for The New Yorker and author of THE HIGHWAYMEN: Warriors of the Information Superhighway (Random House). The book features profiles of influential figures in the entertainment business, electronic communications, and information technology. Auletta has been writing the "Annals of Communications" column for The New Yorker since 1992.

The race to succeed Illinois Sen. Paul Simon presents voters with a clear ideological choice between Democratic House member Dick Durbin and Republican State Senator Al Salvi. Durbin campaigns on a wide range of federal initiatives, while Salvi focuses on tax and budget cuts. The two met in a classic Lincoln-Douglas style debate yesterday, and we have an excerpt.

Executive Director of the National Conference of State Legislatures, about next month's state legislative elections. Following the '94 elections, Republicans controlled both legislative chambers in 18 states, Democrats controlled both houses in 16 states, while the two parties split control in the other 16.