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Sotheby's and Christie's auction houses have been accused of price-fixing the premiums charged to their customers. After a three-year investigation by the U.S. Justice Department, the houses have agreed to pay $512 million dollars, and a criminal investigation is pending. Host Jacki Lyden talks with arts reporter David D'Arcy.

Columnist Carl Rowan died today of natural causes at Washington Hospital Center in DC. He was 75. The Washington Post once touted the syndicated writer as "the most visible black journalist in the country." Host Jacki Lyden talks with Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page about Rowan's life.

In the Philippines, a massive military offensive continues against the Muslim separatist faction, known as the Abu Sayaf. In recent months, the Abu Sayaf has been holding foreigners as well as Filipinos hostage, trading them only for millions of dollars in ransom. Orlando Guzman reports.

Host Jacki Lyden talks with Thomas Reppetto, co-author with James Lardner about their new book NYPD - A City and its Police. It chronicles the triumph and disaster of the nation's biggest and oldest police force during its 150 year history. (9:30)(Henry Holt 2000 ISBN 0-8050-

With more than a month left before the elections, the Bush and Gore campaigns are playing catch up on poll popularity in several states. In Florida, members of the Bush family are desperately rallying behind George W., who is trailing Al Gore in many polls. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

Presidential candidates George W. Bush and Al Gore seem to be favoring entertainment television shows over the traditional news-based programs to appeal to the American public. NPR's Andy Bowers reports.

On Sunday voters in Yugoslavia go to the polls . Host Jacki Lyden talks with Gillian Sanford, who is covering the story for U.S News and World Report.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr looks at the role oil and economics have played in past elections and maintains that we haven't heard the last on oil in this Presidential election season.

119 years ago America was in shock. James Garfield became the second sitting President in less than 20 years to die from an assassin's bullet. Ironically, the inventor of the telephone had a machine that might have saved the President, but for a recent innovation in comfort, which got in the way. Historian Douglas Brinkley tells the story.

Essayist Christopher Wynn finds that a visit to the local fast food restaurant can be a harrowing experience.