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NPR's Anne Garrels has a report from Moscow on Anatoly Karachinsky, one of Russia's new millionaires.

Commentator Jonathan Kranz has some ideas about inventions kids -- and their parents -- could really use, instead of the over-priced, poorly thought out toys often found in toy stores.

Host Bob Edwards talks with country music star Rodney Crowell. Crowell was just 11-years-old when he got his first gig, playing drums alongside his father in a honkey-tonk. He went on to write songs and produce albums for some of country music's top artists, including Willie Nelson and Emmy Lou Harris. The Texan's latest album is The Houston Kid. Crowell says it's his autobiography set to music.

Commentator Katharine Mieszkowski says the Web has made it a whole lot easier to obtain all kinds of formerly private information.

This week in New York City, toy buyers and toy aficionados are descending on the International Toy Fair. Linda talks with Marianne Szymanski, founder and president of Toy Tips magazine, about what's hot and what's not in the toy business. (4:00) Visit Toy Tips for more information.

Composer, arranger and trumpeter CHICO O-FARRILL. His music combines American jazz with the rhythms of Cuban/Latin Music. The 79-year old's latest CD is called "Carambola" (Milestone Records).

Fill copy on the American Bar Association's new policy on zero-tolerance school discipline.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with author Grady Hendrix about his horror novel, Final Girl Support Group, ahead of Halloween.

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with White House economic and national security advisor Daleep Singh about President Biden's goals for the G20 Rome summit as he faces economic and political challenges.

Commentator Joe Davidson says Secretary of State Colin Powell has the difficult job of fashioning foreign policy toward Africa under a president who considers the continent a low priority.