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Last year, the United States changed their travel policy toward Cuba, promoting people to people programs. N-P-R's Tom Gjelten reports on two Cuban delegations currently visiting this country.

With more than a month left before the elections, the Bush and Gore campaigns are playing catch up on poll popularity in several states. In Florida, members of the Bush family are desperately rallying behind George W., who is trailing Al Gore in many polls. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

Kathy Witkowsky reports on Montana's heated senate race between incumbent Republican Senator Conrad Burns and Democrat Brian Schweitzer. The challenger's platform on lowering prescription drugs has gained him quick popularity. But others say it will take more than one issue for Schweitzer to secure victory.

As eBay continues to rack up headlines as well as sales, the modern-day live auctioneer has turned to the internet in an effort to keep the profession up to date. Individual web pages, e-mail lists, proxy bids via e-mail, and digital photographs of auction items are ways that auctioneers are competing with the online auction services. And the future of auctioneering will take them even further from the well-loved traditions of the trade. Liane attends an auction in Vienna, Virginia, and speaks with Chris Rasmus of the Auction Marketing Institute.

Liane reads letters and e-mails from listeners.

Host Jacki Lyden speaks with editors of three small-town papers about what issues their readers care about this election season. Though some towns have historically had high voter turnout, the editors say this year voters are much more motivated by local issues than by the chance to choose a president. We hear from Tom Lawrence of the Whitefish Pilot, in Whitefish, Montana; J.D. Davidson of the Times-Journal in Fort Payne, Alabama and Ross Connelly of the Hardwick Gazette, in Hardwick, Vermont.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr looks at the role oil and economics have played in past elections and maintains that we haven't heard the last on oil in this Presidential election season.

Tonight the New York Film Festival will hold a special screening of Body and Soul, a silent film by the pioneering black director Oscar Micheaux. The film includes the first screen appearance by Paul Robeson, and will be presented with a live orchestra and a new score by trombonist Wyclife Gordon. David D'Arcy reports.

On Sunday voters in Yugoslavia go to the polls . Host Jacki Lyden talks with Gillian Sanford, who is covering the story for U.S News and World Report.

The United States and its allies will be following developments in Yugoslavia closely over the next few days. A big worry is that Milosevic might be tempted in the aftermath of the voting to start yet another war in the region. One target could be the junior Yugoslav republic of Montenegro. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on how the United States and other countries might respond to a new Balkan conflict.