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Despite Kerry's strong poll numbers with the Jewish population, analysts see Orthodox Jewish voters going to President Bush because of his support for Israel. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports.

The state of Iraqi society weighs heavily in U.S. political discussions, with much riding on the promise of free elections there. For two views on current U.S. policy in Iraq, NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Fareed Zakaria, editor of Newsweek International, and Juan Cole, professor at the University of Michigan.

When it comes to sex, booze and rock 'n' roll, the group Faces didn't just follow the cliché, they helped invent it. The hard-rocking, hard-drinking band helped propel the career of Rod Stewart. Ashley Kahn reports.

NASA scientists are increasingly confident they will retrieve useful scientific data from the crushed remains of the Genesis spacecraft. The recovery effort is something approaching archeology, as scientists dig shards of equipment out of the ground. NPR'S Howard Berkes reports.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.