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NPR's Jim Zarroli reports on allegations that a British company managed to corner the market for a particular type of oil earlier this year. A lawsuit filed last month claims London-based Arcadia Petroleum engineered an elaborate scheme to drive up the price of North Sea Brent Crude and then enjoyed windfall profits.

Anima, a group from Brazil, mixes its classical training and early music experience with an interest in Brazilian folk music and instruments. The band will tour the United States later this month. Susan Kaplan, of member station WFCR, reports. (7:45) Anima's CD's, entitled Especiarias and Espiral Do Tempo (Time Spiral) are available from MCD World Music. Websites in Spanish:Especiarias and Espiral Do Tempo

Writer Daniel Asa Rose tells the story of a chance meeting late one night in a bar in on Nantucket. The man sitting next to him turned out to share his birthday, his birthplace and even the same maternity ward. Though they had spent lives traveling in completely different directions, they were once again breathing the same air, nearly five decades later.

Linda talks to Bill Rempel, National Correspondent and Investigative Reporter for the Los Angeles Times, about the concealed weapons law in Texas. Rempel's report in today's paper says hundreds of people with criminal backgrounds, many of them violent, have gotten the concealed carry licenses in Texas. That's despite a vow by Texas Governor George W. Bush for rigorous background checks.

Host Bob Edwards speaks with reporter Richard Galpin in Jakarta about Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid's refusal to pardon the son of former president Suharto. Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra received an 18-month sentence for his involvement in a land-scam deal.

Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Ted Clark about the summit between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright underway in Paris. The talks aim to end the worst outbreak of violence in the region in four years.

NPR's Ina Jaffe reports from Los Angeles that jury selection is underway in the first case to come out of the L.A.P.D.'s Rampart corruption scandal. Four officers are accused by former officer Rafael Perez of planting evidence, shooting suspects, and perjuring themselves. But Perez's own lack of credibility may make the case hard to prove.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Gaza reports another cease-fire between the Israelis and Palestinians failed to stem the violence raging throughout the Palestinian territories. There were gun battles near an Israeli settlement in Gaza and in at least one town in the West Bank. Israeli troops clashed with stone-throwing demonstrators in other areas.

NPR's Kenneth Walker reports on the lost Jews of southern Africa, a tribe that has insisted for centuries that its members are descendants of the ancient Jews. Now, there is DNA evidence to support the claim.

NPR's Mandelit Del Barco reports from Los Angeles on a series of one-day strikes by County employees, who are demanding higher pay. They include clerical workers, social workers, road repair crews, librarians, and healthcare workers.

NPR's Jack Speer reports from Washington that federal regulators are proposing new restrictions for railway mergers. The Surface Transportation Board released the proposed guidelines yesterday. If approved early next year, they would make it harder for large rail lines to merge.

NPR reporters talk to likely voters in three different parts of the country following last night's presidential debate. Adam Hochberg reports from Garner, NC; Don Gonyea from Livonia, MI; and Bellamy Pailthorpe from Seattle, WA.