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NPR's Julie McCarthy reports that the International Monetary Fund released its semi annual report today on the world's economy. According to the report strong economic growth is recorded in virtually all the world's regions, and should continue to improve next year.

Noah talks with BBC reporter Jacky Rowland about Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's campaign trip to Montengro today. Milosevic called pro-western leadership and Serbian opposition "rabbits, rats and even hyenas." Montenegro's leadership is boycotting the upcoming Yugoslav election.

As of this week, the 41 residents of the small town of Libby Creek in Washington State have telephone service for the first time. Until now, they've had to rely on cell phones, but the Cascades Mountains have interfered with reception.

Robert speaks with Yevgenia Borisova, a staff writer for The Moscow Times about the sudden growth of the Russian electorate just in time for the Presidential election this past March. Borisova reports that Russia's election board added 1.3 million fictitious voters to its rolls -- with the apparent intention of assuring victory for Vladimir Putin.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem reports three Israeli policemen are soon to stand trial for the brutal beating of three Palestinians at a checkpoint earlier this month. The incident gained international attention after photographs the Israelis took of themselves and of their victims were published in local newspapers.

Commentator Frank Deford unravels the mystery behind why we don't see enough yellow uniforms on the sports field.

Harriet Baskas visits the Barber Museum in Canal Winchester, Ohio, which is home to the Barbering Hall of Fame. On display are numerous barber chairs, barber shop polls, razors, clippers, and other items associated with the barbering arts.

The presidential campaign took a turn for the ugly today, as the two campaigns swapped charges and ads. Republican George Bush accused Democrat Al Gore of "changing his tune" on Hollywood and having a tendency to "make up facts." The Gore campaign fired back with an ad accusing Bush of making up his facts of his own in a negative television ad. NPR's Andy Bowers is in Sunnyvale, California, where Gore today talked about his plan for making prescription drugs more affordable.

In a report from the annual International Monetary Fund/World Bank meeting in Prague, NPR's Julie McCarthy says managing director Horst Koehler is eager to show that the IMF has become more attentive to the needs of Third World nations it is trying to help. Asian nations in particular felt the IMF imposed unduly harsh conditions in exchange for debt relief during their financial crisis in the late nineties. Faced with planned protests by an array of activists, Koehler also said the IMF is now listening to the concerns of a broad range of non-governmental organizations.

Robert talks to Mimi Sheraton, author of The Bialy Eaters: The Story of the Lost Bread and a Lost World, about the book. It recounts her journey to Bialystok, Poland, where the bread rolls with roasted onions in the middle get their name. There she found the story of a Jewish community which numbered 50,000 before World War Two, and now is reduced to just five people. No bialys remain, either. She then went on a round the world journey to find Bialystok survivors. (6:00) The Bialy Eaters: The Story of the Lost Bread and a Lost World, by Mimi Sheraton, is published by Broadway Books, 9/12/00.