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NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Kosovo that ethnic Albanians are uneasy over the ascent to power of president-elect Vojislav Kostunica in Yugoslavia. As long as their arch enemy, Slobodan Milosevic, ruled, Kosovar Albanians could rely on the whole-hearted support of the international community. With a more democratic Yugoslav government, the Kosovars will be pressured to seek accommodation with Belgrade. As for the Kosovo Serb community, it is sharply divided between Kostunica and Milosevic supporters.

NPR's Jerry Hadden reports from Santiago, Chile, on the case of two American journalists killed during Gen. Augusto Pinochet's 1973 coup. The widow of one has been seeking answers in her husband's case for nearly 30 years. Now, with Pinochet's hold on the Chilean court system loosening, she finally has hope.

Teenage students who are academically gifted but classified as illegal aliens, often fail to go on to college after high school because they lack proper documentation and fear deportation if they seek higher education. Recently, the Board of Regents in Dalton, Georgia ruled that students, who are here illegally, will be allowed to attend the state's colleges if they are academically qualified. Rob Hilton reports.

Lawyers for George W. Bush were shuttling back and forth between two trials this morning in Tallahassee, Florida. Lawsuits filed from Seminole and Martin counties were attempting to disallow thousands of absentee ballots cast in those counties, most of them for Bush. The suits allege that Republicans seeking absentee ballots got special help in qualifying for them. NPR's Andy Bowers reports from Tallahassee.

NPR's Melissa Block reports on the New York Senate race between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rick Lazio. Both candidates have been working hard to sway key voters in upstate New York. Lazio has been wooing traditionally Democratic strongholds, seeking votes among women and ethnic minorities.

Holmes claims she did not seek to deceive investors in her blood-testing company Theranos.

Seeking to blunt growing criticism over high energy prices, President Bush is proposing to speed construction of nuclear power plants and oil refineries -- possibly on retired military bases. He also made a pitch to boost sales of energy-efficient vehicles.

Iraq's Shiite population seeks new political power after years of oppression. There are more Shia living in Iraq than Sunnis or Kurds. But there are fissures between Islamic and secular Shia, and it is unclear whether cleric Muqtada al-Sadr will participate in the elections. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

Over the past year, billionaire businessman and philanthropist George Soros has given millions of dollars to progressive groups seeking President Bush's defeat in November. Republicans charge such funding efforts are illegal, but so far, no judge or agency has agreed. NPR's Peter Overby reports.

Grassley, who is 88 years old, is seeking an eighth term in office.