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NPR's Noel King talks to John Sopko, the special inspector general for Afghanistan Reconstruction, whose report claims corruption and a lack of oversight were factors in the collapse.

Canceled last year for only the second time ever because of the pandemic, New York City's storied Village Halloween Parade returns, partly due to one very generous fan.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is in Washington, D.C., today, meeting with Bush administration officials. He meets with the president tomorrow.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was forced from office after nearly a dozen women accused him of sexual harassment. A new criminal complaint alleges he forcibly touched a female staff member.

Host Bob Edwards remembers singer/songwriter John Phillips, who died of a heart attack on Sunday morning. The co-founder of the Mamas and the Papas and organizer of the Monterey Pop Festival penned many popular 1960s tunes, such as California Dreamin'.

NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports that big businesses, such as the Boeing Corporation and Caterpillar, are dismayed that President Bush's budget would deeply cut a government finance program for foreign buyers.

NPR's Margot Adler begins Morning Edition's four-part series on literacy by trying to define it. Educators struggle about whether to focus on fact-based knowledge or on critical thinking skills in the classroom.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR White House Correspondent Don Gonyea. Tomorrow marks two months in office for President Bush, and he's made his mark on both U.S. policy and the job of president itself.

NPR's A Martínez talks to Kert Davies of the Climate Investigations Center about House lawmakers questing oil executives about alleged disinformation concerning fossil fuels' effect on global warming.

Every day is like Halloween when you're the children of costumed circus performers. Siblings Fritzi and Bobby Huber recount the time that their parents made their first Halloween extraordinary.