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NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports on the annual Back to School report issued by the U.S. Department of Education. This year's study examines such topics as student enrollment, class size and teacher pay. The report shows a record number of students attending public schools this fall.

Liane talks with poet Eugene Gloria, whose first collection of works, Drivers at the Short-Time Motel, was selected as one of the National Poetry Series winners. Gloria was born in Manila, raised in San Francisco, and now lives in Indiana. His poems reflect the strong cultural and familial connections he has made at each stop along the way.

Shorey's, a Seattle legend, is closing its famed bookstacks. In business since 1890, the landmark bookstore is now doing 60% of its sales on line. So owners are shutting down a local landmark and becoming a web-only service. Christine Arrasmith of member station KPLU in Seattle reports.

Norwegian divers struggled to open the hatch of the sunken Kursk submarine today, 354 feet under the Barents Sea. There have been conflicting reports from Russian, Norwegian and British rescue teams over the amount of damage to the submarine's hatch and over what may have caused the accident. From Moscow, NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.

Host Jacki Lyden talks with NPR Political Editor Ken Rudin about Congressional elections this year. Democrats, six seats short of a majority.have a chance to re-take the House, In the Senate, some established members are facing tough re-election challenges.

NPR's Michele Kelemen reports from Moscow that Norwegian divers in the Barents Sea have confirmed Russia's worst fears: all 118 men aboard the submarine Kursk are dead. As the rescue effort wound down, Russians continue to ask questions about their government's handling of the tragedy. Attention also turned to the task of raising the sub from the ocean floor before its nuclear reactors begin to leak.'

High School student Melanie Thomasson says when she hears the kids she used to baby-sit playing baseball outside on a summer night, she realizes she's lost her summers to obligations and activities.

Noah talks with NPR's Mary Ann Akers about Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater's meeting today with airline and union leaders about flight delays and cancellations, and other problems in the industry. Some factors in the disruptions have been more people flying, bad weather and the limited capacity of airports and the air traffic control system. Some members of Congress have advocated a "bill of rights" to try to get passengers better treatment and more information in the face of delays.

Host Jacki Lyden speaks with journalist Geraldine Brooks who is reporting on the Sydney Olympics for the Wall Street Journal. It seems that Sydney residents are trying to take some pomp out of the ceremony of the games, satirizing them in tv shows, and holding mock-athletic competitions.

Writer Mary Saner returned in mid-life to an old hobby: riding motorcycles. She had to learn it all over again.