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NPR's Tovia (TOH-vee-uh) Smith reports on today's verdict in the John Salvi murder trial. Salvi was found guilty on two charges of first degree murder and five of assualt in an attack on a Boston area abortion clinic in 1994.

NPR's Howard Berkes spent the day yesterday with John Heider (HY-der), a third-generation rancher just south of Bismarck, North Dakota. The relentless winter snow and wind are like nothing Heider has seen in his 55 years.

Out in the West Texas desert, little Odessa is a place of high-school football, oil derricks, the World's Largest Jackrabbit...and youth gangs. NPR's John Burnett takes a look at an urban trend that isn't just urban anymore.

Astronaut Jerry Linenger is living aboard the space station Mir for 5 months. He has been writing letters home to his young son John. Today, Astronaut Linenger describes his home in space.

NPR's John Ydstie reports that Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan delivered an upbeat assessment of the economy today. In testimony before Congress, Greenspan said the economy hasn't been generating the signs of inflationary pressure that undermined past expansions.

John Parker was a slave, an abolitionist and a businessman. Recently, his memoirs were discovered and published, providing a vivid account of this remarkable man's life. Actor Mississippi Charles Bevel reads excerpts from Parker's book.

Linda talks to John McBeth, a correspondent for the Far Eastern Economic Review in Jakarta, about recent protests in Indonesia against the 30 year regime of President Suharto, and the efforts of opposition parties to defeat Suharto in next years elections.

- Daniel talks with John Thor-Dahlberg about a recent investigation he conducted and written up in the Los Angeles Times. He discovered that many of the men recruited to fight for the Mujahadin in Afganistan are now conducting terrorist campaigns around the world.

John Anderson ran as an independent candidate for President in 1980. In this commentary, he outlines the obstacles to independents running against candidates from the two major parties-- but also the huge desire for alternatives to the two major parties.

NPR's John McChesney reports that the Clinton administration settled a dispute with Japan today over the sale of American computer chips. It calls for more monitoring of global trade in semiconductors but lacks specific targets for Japanese purchase of foreign chips.

NPR's Melissa Block remembers John V. Lindsay, the charismatic two-term New York City mayor who was in office during the years of urban unrest and the Vietnam War. Lindsay died Tuesday night at the age of 79.

Virtual university classes have become trendy south of the border. Mexico's renowned engineering and business school, the Technological Institute of Monterrey, is bringing long-distance learning to an entire continent. NPR's John Burnett reports.

Before she met John Lennon, Ono was a sculptor. In fact, Lennon met her at an exhibition of her work in London in the late 60s.

Jacki Lyden reads some of this week's listener letters. Among the topics: Walter Cronkite's memories of covering the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Beethoven's Symphony No.9 and women watching football.

NPR's John Nielsen joins NPR's Steve Inskeep to recap environmental advances in 2002.

President Bush and Sen. John Kerry both make campaign stops in Ohio and Pennsylvania, seen as key battleground states, as the White House race picks up again following the Democratic Convention.

The last round of Bush and Kerry campaign commercials before Tuesday's election are on the air. Hear NPR's John McChesney.

John Ydstie talks to Dr. Vernon Smith, one of the recipients of the 2002 Nobel economics prize about his development of laboratory "wind-tunnel" experiments in economics.

A judge in Virginia confirms the death sentence set for convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad by a jury last fall. The judge scheduled an October date for the sentence to be carried out. Hear NPR's Brian Naylor.

Herbie Hancock continues his tour in tribute to the music of John Coltrane and Miles Davis. Herbie Hancock's new album is called Future 2 Future.