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NPR's Linda Gradstein reports on the emergency cease-fire reached in Israel in the wake of violent clashes between Israeli police and angry Palestinians.

Bob Edwards talks with Israeli journalist Hirsh Goodman about the possibilities for peace in Israel after this latest wave of violence.

Tonight's presidential debate is expected to draw more than 50 million viewers, making it the single largest event of the campaign so far. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on how Al Gore and George W. Bush will approach the first of their scheduled debates. (

Internet music-sharing service Napster has been back in court. NPR's John McChesney reports on the company's fight against a district court injunction that the company says could shut down the service before the trial even starts.

Commentator Richard Goldstein talks about the failure of entertainment codes in the 1950's to protect him from any number of potentially offensive, sexy or violent entertainment. He says the answer to kids' vulnerability to media violence and sex is more attentive parents.

NPR's Michele Kelemen reports from Moscow that Russia is resisting pressure from the Yugoslav opposition and from Western governments to persuade Slobodan Milosevic to step down. President Vladimir Putin has offered to meet both Milosevic and opposition candidate Vojislav Kostunica in Moscow. He has offered to mediate their dispute over the results of last month's presidential elections in Yugoslavia. But a statement released by Putin's office implies that the election should go to a second round, as Milosevic is insisting.

Poet and Memoirist Mary Karr. Author of the best selling Liars Club, she has just published a new book chronicling her teen age years entitled Cherry (Penguin Putnam, 2000). In a follow up to what critics call a "hard scrabble" childhood, she returns to East Texas to detail her adolescence. Karr relates anecdotes of rebellion, self doubt and sexual coming of age. The recipient of several literary awards such as the Pushcart Prize and the Bunting Award, she has published two volumes of poetry. She is the Peck Professor of English Literature at Syracuse University.

Noah talks to Al Rasheed Khalid, University of Chicago Professor of Middle East History, about Ariel Sharon, the leader of Israel's opposition Likud party. They discuss how Palestinians view Sharon, and why some blame Sharon's visit to a holy site -- sacred to both Jews and Muslims -- for the current violence.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says that the rioting after Israeli political leader Ariel Sharon's visit to the Temple Mount -- known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif -- is proof of Jerusalem's deep significance.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports surging violence in the Palestinian territories has spread to many of the Arab towns and villages inside Israel. Dozens have died, and hundreds have been injured in fighting between Israelis and Palestinians since Friday. Israeli Arabs now say they are joining the fight for Jerusalem.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports that a growing number of Americans feel the country is heading in the right direction. An NPR, Kaiser Family DFoundation, and Kennedy School Poll taken in June indicated that half of respondents thought the US was on the wrong track; now it looks like Gore's campaign strategies may be helping to turn the tide.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports from Israel, where Arab and Israeli leaders are demanding an end to the violent clashes that have resulted 31 deaths in the past four days.