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With Major League Soccer playing its championship game this Sunday, sportswriter Stefan Fatsis takes the opportunity to examine the league's overall performance -- both on and off the field. There's been little audience growth, and it appears the league has not yet broken through in popularity. But ownership's deep pockets are keeping it going. On the field, the Kansas City Wizards and the Chicago Fire face off in Washington D.C. this weekend in a game which features Chicago's high powered offense against Kansas City's tight defense. Stefan also makes brief mention of England's difficulty in World Cup qualifying matches and the approach this spring of the new women's soccer league in the U.S.

Linda speaks with Preston Gralla, executive editor for the Downloads area of ZDNet's Website, about how to read electronic books. They compare the Palm Pilot, Compaq's new IPAC handheld, and the Rocket e-book reader. The Rocket reader is soon to be replaced by a new generation of e-book reading devices manufactured by RCA. Gralla says that now might not be the right time to buy the devices. (8:00) The ZDNet Website can be found athttp://www.zdnet.com

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinianleader Yasser Arafat have agreed to take part in a summit meeting aimed atstopping the violence in the Mideast. Scott speaks with NPR's JenniferLudden about this latest development.

Scott visits senior citizens in Miami, Florida tohear their feelings on the 2000 election. Governor George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore have campaigned frequently in Florida. Both candidatesrecognize the importance of courting the senior vote and have dueled in thepresidential debates over their competing plans for social security and Medicare.

Scott speaks with former host of NPR's Performance Today, Martin Goldsmith, about the life and times of Leonard Bernstein. Bernstein died ten years ago today, and the New York Philharmonic has released a 10-CD set commemorating the conductor/composer.

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments today on two cases testing whether people can sue states for damages under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The cases, both from Alabama, involved a nurse with breast cancer and a security guard with asthma. They accuse state-owned institutions of discriminating against them based on their disabilities, although they were competent to do their jobs. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports that in recent years the Court has cut back on the power of Congress to subject the states to lawsuits.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports on the second debate between presidential candidates Al Gore and George Bush last night in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Seated together at a table talk-show-style, this debate took a friendlier tone than their first meeting.

This year's election has focused on many issues of concern to the elderly -- social security and prescription drug costs among them. Those topics came up again in last night's presidential debate. NPR's Eric Westervelt watched the debate with senior citizens at Pennswood Retirement Community outside of Philadelphia and got their reaction.

The major party candidates have spent the fall competing for the votes of the political center. That means concentrating on issues with broad appeal rather than on the more controversial positions of their respective parties. But it leaves activists on both the left and right feeling uninspired by the Democratic and Republican nominees, longing to hear more about their favorite subjects. NPR's Anthony Brooks reports.

Robert talks to two analysts of Presidential debates, Psychology professor Joseph Tecce of Boston College and Jeff Rubinstein of the Princeton Review in New York City. Each offers a rather unique perspective on the debates. Tecce says research into past presidential contests shows that the man who blinks less in debates wins. And Rubinstein's publication computed a verbal grade level for each candidate during their broadcast encounter.