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President George Bush and Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry went toe to toe in Miami yesterday in the first of three planned presidential debates. Guest host Tony Cox gets analysis from Terry Neal, chief political correspondent for WashingtonPost.com and Rochelle Riley, columnist with The Detroit Free Press.

Richard Avedon, one of the most influential fashion and portrait photographers of the 20th century, died Friday at the age of 81. NPR's Neda Ulaby has a remembrance.

Hospitals are increasingly closing cardiac rehabilitation centers, reacting to uncertainty over how to pay for treatments. Despite proof that physical therapy and counseling improve survival rates after a heart attack, only one-third of patients receive it. NPR's Patricia Neighmond reports.

In March 2003, reporter Evan Wright was in central Iraq with Marines leading the charge toward Baghdad. He captured his experience in "The Killer Elite," this year's winner of the National Magazine Award for "Excellence in Reporting." NPR's Jennifer Ludden speaks with Wright.

As drug traffickers and the Guatemalan navy battle for control of the seas off that country's Pacific coast, fishermen are making illegal but lucrative catches.

The Pentagon posts an absentee ballot online for Defense Department personnel working overseas. The move comes after concerns were aired that some state absentee ballots might miss the Nov. 2 election. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and Doug Chapin of electionline.org.

Both President Bush and Sen. John Kerry are eagerly stumping for votes from suburban soccer moms, NASCAR dads and swing states . But on skid row in downtown Los Angeles, volunteers are helping register an unlikely group of voters -- the homeless.

The director of CARE in Iraq, a woman who has lived and worked in Baghdad for 30 years, is abducted. Also, a mortar attack on a police barracks north of Baghdad left at least four Iraqis dead and more than 80 wounded. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

Behind every car race is a kitchen — hidden in the crew pit, or tucked between the hauler and the trailer of the trucks that transport NASCAR and Indy cars from city to city. The Kitchen Sisters chronicle behind-the-scenes racetrack food and the people who make and eat it.

Sen. John Kerry has called President Bush to concede the presidential race. Kerry is expected to make a public statement about 1 p.m. And the Republican Party has kept control of the House and Senate. In races for the Senate and House of Representatives, Republicans maintain their majorities and picked up seats in both the House and Senate. Hear NPR's Mara Liasson.