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The Pentagon posts an absentee ballot online for Defense Department personnel working overseas. The move comes after concerns were aired that some state absentee ballots might miss the Nov. 2 election. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and Doug Chapin of electionline.org.

In March 2003, reporter Evan Wright was in central Iraq with Marines leading the charge toward Baghdad. He captured his experience in "The Killer Elite," this year's winner of the National Magazine Award for "Excellence in Reporting." NPR's Jennifer Ludden speaks with Wright.

Hospitals are increasingly closing cardiac rehabilitation centers, reacting to uncertainty over how to pay for treatments. Despite proof that physical therapy and counseling improve survival rates after a heart attack, only one-third of patients receive it. NPR's Patricia Neighmond reports.

Behind every car race is a kitchen — hidden in the crew pit, or tucked between the hauler and the trailer of the trucks that transport NASCAR and Indy cars from city to city. The Kitchen Sisters chronicle behind-the-scenes racetrack food and the people who make and eat it.

As drug traffickers and the Guatemalan navy battle for control of the seas off that country's Pacific coast, fishermen are making illegal but lucrative catches.

The director of CARE in Iraq, a woman who has lived and worked in Baghdad for 30 years, is abducted. Also, a mortar attack on a police barracks north of Baghdad left at least four Iraqis dead and more than 80 wounded. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

Boston Celtics icon Red Auerbach is full of stories. Now retired, he still evokes moments that made legends out of Wilt Chamberlain and Larry Bird — and Auerbach himself. NPR's Steve Inskeep and Auerbach discuss a life in basketball.

A federal judge in Ohio issues a ruling that will allow political parties to challenge voters' eligibility at the polls. The federal appeals court ruling sides with the Ohio Republican Party, which is challenging the registrations of certain voters. Hear NPR's Renee Montagne and Janet Babin of member station WCPN.

Sen. John Kerry has called President Bush to concede the presidential race. Kerry is expected to make a public statement about 1 p.m. And the Republican Party has kept control of the House and Senate. In races for the Senate and House of Representatives, Republicans maintain their majorities and picked up seats in both the House and Senate. Hear NPR's Mara Liasson.

NPR's Tavis Smiley talks with reporter Dawn Davenport about her latest article, "Born in America, Adopted Abroad," featured in the October 27 edition of The Christian Science Monitor. Davenport discusses the popular trend of white families in foreign countries adopting African-American children.