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Host Lisa Simeone reads the most recent batch of letters and e-mail from listeners.

NPR's John McChesney reports on some of the uses of Global Positioning System, or GPS. A newer use of GPS is to beam location based advertisements to cell phones, or hand-held computers.

Commentator Jeff Biggers explains why he plans to vote for Green Party Presidential candidate Ralph Nader. He says his parents and siblings are going to vote for Al Gore, and they're trying to persuade him to do the same.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports that Israel's parliament, the Knesset resumes its session today as Prime Minister Ehud Barak fights for his political survival. Barak has the support of only 30 percent of the 120 member Knesset and is trying to save his government by forming an alliance with opposition leader Ariel Sharon.

NPR's John Nielsen reports that marine biologists are searching the waters along the coasts of Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, and Southern California for signs of the organism known to some as "killer algae." "Colepra Taxifolia" is widely believed to have first appeared in the Mediterranean. It doesn't actually harm people, but it does disturb underwater coastal ecosystems.

Host Lisa Simeone talks to Robert Lind about his bumper sticker campaign against sports utility vehicles. Lind produces and places bumper stickers on SUVs which encourage owners to switch to smaller vehicles that are more environmentally friendly. He has a website called Changing the Climate.com, which SUV owners can visit to learn more about his campaign to get gas guzzlers off America's highways.

Dancer and performer Gwen Verdon died this week at age 75. She was known as the best interpreter of choreographer Bob Fosse's work, and well-remembered as the red-haired temptress Lola in the musical Damn Yankees. Kim Kokich knew Gwen Verdon and has this appreciation.

100 years ago today, the Wright Brothers, who hailed from Dayton, Ohio, flew their first glider, a major step toward their historic powered flight three years later. Today, another Dayton pilot will re-create those first glider flights. Aileen LeBlanc from member station WYSO in Yellow Springs, Ohio, reports.

This week the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped by more than 400 points in just a few hours, before recovering and ending the week with a gain. Yet other October market surprises - the Crash of 1929, the skidding stock markets of 1987 - made us wonder if there's something about October that just rattles investors. Host Lisa Simeone puts the question to David Hale, Chief Economist of Zurich.

On Monday, Bloomington City Council split its vote on whether to approve the nominee for a seat unoccupied since August, but Mayor Mboka Mwilambwe’s tie-breaking vote brought on business owner De Urban as Ward 6 representative.