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Host Bob Edwards talks with medical anthropologist Clotaire Rapaille who has built his career on understanding people's shopping -- and voting -- habits. He gives his own analysis of last night's debate.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports on the expected rise in natural gas prices nationwide this winter. In one New Jersey town, residents could be paying 16% more to heat their homes. Industry experts say seasons of low gas prices are to blame: natural gas producers cut back on production because it was harder to make money. But now there's an increased demand for the resource. (

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports from Jerusalem where two Israeli reservist soldiers were killed by a Palestinian mob in the West Bank. International leaders are still trying to bring the two-sides together, but Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer declared on national radio that the peace process is dead and said the nation is on the road to war.

NPR's Elaine Korry reports on a request by makers of the ulcer-relief drug Misoprostal for doctors not to proscribe their drug to pregnant women. Because the contraction-inducing medication is necessary for effective the use of RU-486, this may render the FDA's recent approval of the drug moot.

(Update) Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Mike Shuster about the violence in the Middle East.

Nancy Marshall reports a dating service in Philadelphia may be able to help singles who don't have a lot of time to spend looking for a soul mate. The company's called Nanodate, and it specializes in arranging meetings where singles have an 8 minute conversation before they move on to another perspective mate. (6:26

NPR's Mike Shuster reports on the increased air traffic into Baghdad. U.N. sanctions have kept all but humanitarian relief flights away from Iraq for over a decade. But now more countries are willing to bypass the U.N.'s approval. The U.S. is worried that more flights into Iraq will increase the chances for a weapons build-up. (

(Update) Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about the attack against a United States Naval ship. A small boat rammed the destroyer USS Cole while it was in port in Yemen.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Harry Link about the winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, announced this morning. Gao Xingjian is the first Chinese author to win the award. Gao's has been living France since 1987 after one of his work "The Other Shore" was banned in China. He is a novelist, dramatist, and translator.

One week after riots forced Yugoslavia's president Slobodan Milosevich from power, his supporters in the Serbian government are making life difficult for his replacement, Vojislav Kostunica. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Belgrade.