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Each fall, the New York Jets welcome a few lucky fans to a special training camp for women only. It was originally designed to help football widows better understand the game. But Tandaleya Wilder reports most of the women at this year's camp came to improve their own performance on the gridiron.

NPR's Ted Clark reports that the Taliban, the militant Islamic movement that's taken over most of Afghanistan, has sent a delegation to the U.S. to lobby for international recognition of the Taliban as the country's legitimate government. The Taliban is trying to gain Afghanistan's United Nations seat. It also wants to dilute international criticism in the areas of human rights and terrorism. The Taliban has refused to hand over Osama bin Laden, who's accused of masterminding the 1998 attacks on U.S. embassies in Africa.

Robert talks to Geneive Abdo, a correspondent for the Guardian newspaper, about the reform movement in Iran. Abdo says the crackdown on the reformist press has muzzled the ability of the reformers to communicate their ideas with the electorate. She says it proves the real power still lies with the hard-liners, despite recent electoral victories.

Noah Adams speaks with sportswriter Stefan Fatsis about the climax of the regular Major League Baseball season. Heading into the last weekend before the playoffs, some playoff slots remain to be settled. The season may need to be extended into next week to decide all the playoff pairings. One thing is certain: this season, teams with the biggest payrolls are not the only temas making it to the playoffs. That, and Fox TV's new 2-point-5-billion dollar contract with Major League Baseball for national broadcast rights should make next year's labor negotiations interesting.

NPR Film Critic Bob Mondello reviews the movie Best In Show. It's a new mocumentary from Christopher Guest, (in the spirit of Waiting for Guffman). Bob says it walks a line between condescension and hilarity, and does it well.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports that at this critical time in Yugoslavia, the United States has little influence over events there. For ten years, the U.S. government has focused on Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic. Now, at a pivotal moment when Milosevic will either be forced out or consolidate his rule, the U.S. finds it has few options.

NPR's Mandalit Del Barco reports on how regular bus and rail riders are dealing with the two-week-old public transit strike in Los Angeles. Many of these people are poor, service workers who don't own car. The extra costs of getting to their jobs have left some worried about how they'll pay for rent and groceries.

This week, entertainment industry executives proclaimed to Congress that they would never again allow young children to be part of the industry's test audience for R-rated films. Satirists Amy Dickinson and Rebecca Flowers pretend to be two 9-year-olds who took part in the screenings.

Satirist Harry Shearer offers his version of a rote television Olympics feature profiling the "courageous young athletes" that compete.

Noah interviews Dr. Spotswood Spruance, Professor of Medicine at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, about of two major tests he and others conducted on a vaccine to protect against genital herpes. To the surprise of researchers, the vaccine appears to work only on women who have never had cold sores.

NPR's Mandalit Del Barco reports on the public transit strike in Los Angeles. The shut down of bus and rail service has turned the city's already difficult commutes into a real mess.

John Miller reports from Lima, Peru on public reaction to President Alberto Fujimori's surprise announcement of a timetable for new elections. Fujimori is resigning from office because a bribery scandal involving intelligence chief Vladimiro Montesinos.