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NPR's Snigdha Prakash reports the I.R.S. is auditing fewer and fewer tax returns these days and that has some observers concerned that some taxpayers will be tempted to cheat. I.R.S. Chairman Charles Rossotti blamed the decline on staff shortages, antiquated computers and I.R.S. reform legislation passed in 1998.

Linda Wertheimer talks wtih Vikram Parekh, Researcher on South Asia for Human Rights Watch about Human Rights Watch's lastest report, Massacres of Hazaras in Afghanistan, which gives eye witness accounts of a massacre in January in the central highlands of Afghanistan, as well as new evidence related to an earlier massacre last May. During both events, the victims were primarily Hazaras, a Shia Muslim ethnic group, previously targeted by Taliban forces for abuse. Afghan humanitarian aid workers were also killed.

NPR's Pam Fessler reports on President Bush's first formal news conference since taking office.

Simon/Nocera: Scott talks to Fortune Magazine executive editor Joe Nocera about President Bush's proposal to repeal the estate tax.

The first comprehensive analysis of human DNA was formally presented at a press conference in Washington today. The two rival research groups, and the two rival journals they published in, took the stage together. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Bill Trotter, a fishery and environmental reporter for the Bangor Daily News, about the illegal eel fishing scheme in Maine.

If you prefer your Halloween entertainment to be on the less terrifying side, we've got something for you: A robust subgenre of scary movies that are actually kind of warm and fuzzy.

In the wake of last June's triumphal announcement that researchers had completed the first draft of the human genome, two of the world's leading science journals are about to unveil dozens of papers containing what might be called the "fine print" of the human instruction manual. To get in the mood, NPR's David Kestenbaum decided to find out what its takes to pull DNA out of a cell and then read it. He accepted an invitation - not to a lab, but a KITCHEN.

Chris Bolt of member station WAER in Syracuse reports that a real estate developer has plans to expand an already successful shopping mall to make it the biggest in the country. Some storeowners are worried that it may not be beneficial for them.

Phillip Davis reports that a media review of uncounted presidential ballots in Miami-Dade County showed a net gain for Al Gore of 49 votes. The interim review, sponsored by The Miami Herald and USA Today, suggests that had state officials accepted a Gore campaign request for recounts in four counties -- Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Volusia -- Gore still would have lost the election by 140 votes.