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NPR's National Political Correspondent Elizabeth Arnold reports that this year's Presidential election may be decided by a handful of states. In the final week before the election Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush takes his campaign to California as he continues to challenge Vice President Al Gore in states that are traditionally Democratic.

Charles Perkins, the man who was at the forefront of Australian Aboriginal struggles for civil rights, died this month at the age of 64. Perkins, who has been called the Martin Luther King, Jr., of indigenous Australians, was the first Aborigine to earn a university degree and play professional soccer. Host Lisa Simeone talks with Diane Bell, a George Washington University professor who knew Charles Perkins.

Host Lisa Simeone talks with Jeff Cardille, founder of www.nadertrader.org, a Web site that encourages voters to swap their vote. Cardille says this idea will help Al Gore win the White House and secure the more than 5 percent of the national vote needed by Ralph Nader to qualify for federal election funds in 2004.

The Exorcist was just a movie. But as NPR's Kitty Eisele discovered, exorcism can also be a family affair. She retells the story of her great-great-uncle's devil-purging experience in the 1800s.

Host Lisa Simeone talks with Egyptian novelist Ahdaf Souief whose latest novel is called A Map of Love. The book melds the cultures of East and West through a plot that covers political upheaval, two parallel love stories and the often hidden world of Arab women.

NPR's Julie Rovner compares the health insurance plans of Presidential candidates Al Gore and George W. Bush. Both offer some form of tax credits for uninsured people to obtain coverage. Some analysts say the tax incentives are structured in such as way, that they may not substantially reduce the number of people who don't have health insurance.

A Preview of tomorrow's Holloween visit to the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Host Renee Montagne takes the tour with owner Tyler Cassidy. Today, they stop by the crypt of Rudolph Valentino, the wildly popular star of silent movies.

NPR's John Burnett examines the controversy surrounding a study by two law professors that found major errors in almost 70 percent of death penalty cases. The report stated that the errors were serious enough to warrant a retrial. But not all legal scholars agree with the work, or its definition of what an error was. The study titled, A Broken System, reviewed more than 45-hundred death penalty cases from 1973 to 1995.

Host Renee Montagne talks to NPR's Cokie Roberts about this week's political developments. With the Presidential election just one-week away, national surveys are indicating that both Vice President Al Gore and George W. Bush are in a virtual tie.

As Israeli-Palestinian violence continues in the Middle East, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak is in negotiations with Likud leader Ariel Sharon to form what he's calling a national emergency government. Barak now has 30 votes out of a 120 member Knesset which means his government could easily fall in a vote of no-confidence leading to new elections. NPR's Linda Gradstein reports from Jerusalem.