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Each election year, Washington Post columnist and political correspondent David Broder and his colleagues gauge the political pulse of the nation the old-fashioned way: They knock on doors in key swing states and ask the voters. Broder talks with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

Sen. John Kerry spends the holiday weekend campaigning in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa, appealing to rural voters. But the presumptive Democratic nominee is not yet saying who he will choose as a running mate. Hear NPR's Mike Pesca.

How wise was Sen. John Kerry to select Sen. John Edwards to be his running mate? How will voters in the South respond to a native son on the Democratic presidential ticket? NPR's Tavis Smiley speaks with Democratic pollster Ron Lester and with Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia Center for Politics about the Southern "swing" states and the African-American vote.

A report issued Friday by the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee says claims that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction were "not supported by the underlying intelligence." The report blames the CIA for overstating the threat and criticizes outgoing CIA Director George Tenet for skewing advice to top policy makers. Hear NPR's Renee Montagne and NPR's Tom Gjelten.

NPR's Tavis Smiley talks to record producer Jonathan Fine about his recently released music and spoken-word compilation CD Black Power: Music of a Revolution.

President Bush says he would consider major changes to the nation's intelligence services in response to the report expected this week from a bipartisan commission. The panel has been probing what happened on Sept. 11, 2001, and how it might have been prevented. One idea is to create a cabinet-level chief of all intelligence operations. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

Archaeologists are on a mission to unearth the history of the Olympic Games in Nemea, Greece. The project looks back some 2,700 years, when athletes competed much like they do today -- only in the nude, and barefoot. NPR's Christopher Joyce reports for the NPR/National Geographic co-production Radio Expeditions.

Confusion and miscommunication reigned on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, as civilian and military air controllers tried to cope with four airliners hijacked by terrorists. Today, the memories were all too vivid as the bipartisan commission investigating those terror attacks replayed the events minute by minute, with chilling conclusions. Hear NPR's Larry Abramson.

Two U.S. soldiers are dead after attacks in Baghdad and Baquba, north of the capital. And details are still coming in about a U.S. missile attack in a residential area of Fallujah. About 20 people were killed in that incident. U.S. authorities say they were targeting a terrorism hideout. Hear NPR's Emily Harris.

"I hope we can raise our voices to protect our right to have a safe abortion," the pop star said, prompting cheers from the audience.