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Raisin farmers in California's Central Valley are losing thousands of dollars this year as the industry faces overproduction and a glut of grapes on the market. They hope the U.S. Department of Agriculture will help by paying farmers to pull up their vines. From member station KQED, Tamara Keith reports.

Minnesota Democrats meet to name a ballot replacement for the late Sen. Paul Wellstone, who died in a plane crash last week. They are expected to nominate former Vice President Walter Mondale. Hear Mark Zdechlik of Minnesota Public Radio and Edward Walsh of The Washington Post. Oct. 30, 2002.

As music legend Johnny Cash prepares to release another album, David Greenberger reviews two new CDs that pay tribute to Cash. They're called Kindred Spirits and Dressed In Black.

Israel's national unity government collapses, after the Labor Party abandons its partnership with Prime Minister Sharon's Likud Party. Hear NPR's Peter Kenyon and David Horowitz of The Jerusalem Post. Oct. 30, 2002.

John Ydstie talks with Mark Zdechlik, reporter for Minnesota Public Radio, who is covering the U.S. Senate race in Minnesota. (3:00)

Ed Walsh of The Washington Post profiles the familiar figure who will take late Sen. Paul Wellstone's place on the ballot. Walter Mondale was vice president under President Jimmy Carter, and a U.S. senator prior to that. (4:00)

The Tacoma, Wash., gun store that once owned the rifle linked to the Washington, D.C.-area sniper attacks is unable to account for 340 guns once in its inventory, The Seattle Times reports. Hear former ATF agent William Vizzard. Oct. 30, 2002.

Anne Sutton of member station KTOO in Juneau, Alaska, reports on the rigors of running a political campaign in a district that's bigger than many states. (4:30)

Robert Siegel talks with Warren Zimmerman, author of First Great Triumph: How Five Americans Made Their Country a World Power. Warren Zimmerman was the U.S. ambassador to Yugoslavia from 1989-1992. He talks about how five friends -- President Theodore Roosevelt, naval strategist Alfred T. Mahan, Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge, Secretary of State John Hay and corporate lawyer-turned-colonial administrator Elihu Root -- created a new U.S. foreign policy of political expansionism overseas. (7:30) The book is published by Farrar Straus & Giroux, September 2002.

In Mexico, a former nightclub dancer has been accused of setting herself up as a plastic surgeon and injecting what she called collagen into breasts, buttocks and calves. In reality, officials say, the substance was a blend of industrial silicone and various oils. The case highlights the lack of medical oversight in Mexico. Hundreds have come forth alleging they were victimized. NPR's Gerry Hadden has more from Guadalajara, Mexico. (4:30)

Ever since John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo -- the suspects in the Washington-area sniper case -- were arrested last Thursday, government attorneys from Maryland, Virginia, Alabama, Washington, D.C., and Washington State have been competing with the Department of Justice over first crack at prosecuting them. NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr is concerned that this competition may be at the expense of the interests of justice. (2:45)

Former Vice President Walter Mondale accepts Minnesota Democrats' nomination to replace the late Sen. Paul Wellstone on the Nov. 5 ballot. Mark Zdechlik of Minnesota Public Radio reports.

Amy Wan reviews the debut CD from James Yorkston and the Athletes. It's called Moving Up Country. Yorkston is from Scotland and recorded the album in a cottage there. (3:30) The CD is on Domino Records, 2002.

On Sunday, Succession returns. The drama's Emmy-winning second season ended with media super-mogul Logan Roy getting publicly challenged by one of his sons in an explosive press conference.

More than 10,000 workers for John Deere, one of the nation's largest makers of farm and construction equipment, are on strike as the the company is seeing record profits, and U.S. unions flex power.

Secretary of State Colin Powell says the U.S. and other members of the U.N. Security Council are closer to agreement on a resolution to compel Iraq to allow arms inspections. And President Bush meets with top U.N. arms inspector Hans Blix. NPR News reports.

NPR's Ivan Watson in central Turkey reports a moderate Islamist political party is the front-runner heading into next week's Turkish parliamentary elections. The party's leader has been barred from contesting the election, but his supporters are confident they will emerge victorious. (4:30)

NPR's Phillip Davis reports on the $8-billion project to restore Everglades National Park. The effort in Florida will be the largest environmental restoration project in the nation's history, but there are serious questions about whether it can work. (6:00)

Commentator Dick George has been feeling the drought in Maryland. Now the family's well has gone dry and it is time to drill a new one. The cost can be high and it is a big gamble. (2:00)

As the Bush administration considers war with Iraq, the Pentagon demands the nation's top law schools allow military recruiters on campus or risk losing government funding. NPR's Barbara Bradley Hagerty reports.