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Residents of Alaska already enjoy the lowest tax tax burden in America. But on election day, voters will decide if they want to place a cap on their property tax. From member station KTOO in Juneau, Anne Sutton reports.

Kate Seelye has a profile of the Iran and Syria -backed guerillas whose reputation has risen in Arab circles since the withdrawal of Israeli troops last May.

Lisa visits the estate of the cereal heiress Marjorie Merriwether Post in Washington D.C. She views emeralds as big as bars of soap and a tiara fit for an empress.

NPR's Bob Edwards talks with Rob Gifford about Madeleine Albright's historic visit to North Korea this week. The Secretary of State meets today with Korean president Kim Jong Il to discuss his country's missile program. This trip presents the possibility for ending the United State's last major Cold War standoff.

As part of Morning Edition's regular Monday coverage of third party Presidential politics, Host Bob Edwards talks to David Gillespie, an expert on the subject. Gillespie is Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty at Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina. He says Green Party nominee Ralph Nader could tip critical electoral votes from Democrat Al Gore to Republican George Bush and effect the outcome of the election.

The citizens of the District of Columbia have been taxed without representation since the 1800s. Host Lisa Simone talks with Eleanor Holmes-Norton, D.C. and constitution expert Jamie Raskin, of the American University.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Cokie Roberts about recent developments in the presidential campaigns and what can be expected from the candidates in the final weeks.

NPR's Linda Gradstein in Bethlehem reports the ongoing violence in the West Bank and Gaza has had a devastating affect on the Palestinian economy. Israel has also suffered economic losses.

In West Virginia, wild turkey hunting season is underway. About ten-thousand of the birds are bagged annually in the state. Hunters try to imitate the turkeys' call to attract them. Dan Heyman of West Virginia Public Radio has a report on the art, science and sport of turkey calling.

NPR's Eric Westervelt has the story of the 1964 recording, A Love Supreme, by John Coltrane. It's a four part piece that expresses Coltrane's faith in God. And it's part of the NPR 100 -- NPR's list of most important American musical works of the last century. (12:30) View the enitre NPR 100 list at: http://www.npr.org/programs/specials/vote/list100.html.