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Sen. John Kerry may delay accepting the Democratic Party's presidential nomination for a month after July's party convention. The move would allow him to raise more money. Once candidates are officially nominated, they're each expected to accept $75 million in federal funds to finance the fall campaign. Since the Democratic convention comes five weeks before the GOP convention, advisers say Kerry would be at a disadvantage. NPR's Peter Overby reports.

Illinois Republicans were in Springfield Thursday for a meeting of party officials this morning and an afternoon rally at the State Fair. As IPR's Brian…

The Illinois Libertarian Party has filed a criminal complaint against the state's Republican Party. The Libertarians allege the GOP hired armed private…

In the Serbian capital Belgrade the pro-government and anti-government demonstrators went at each other in the streets today. President Slobodan Milosevic's (slo-bo-dahn me-LOH'-shuh-vich) Socialist party had bused in supporters from outside Belgrade to rally and demonstrate at the exact same time and exact same place where the Opposition parties have been protesting for weeks. The BBC's Paul Wood reports that after the pro-government demonstrators left the rally site, riot police began their assault on the anti-government demonstrators.

a Democrat from Michigan, who could become Majority Leader, if his party wins back control of the House in next Tuesday's election. As Minority Whip in the 104th Congress, Bonior is in line for the number two leadership position behind Congressman Dick Gephardt. However, even if Democrats do gain a majority, Bonior may not become Majority Leader, because some members of his party consider him too liberal and plan to challenge him.

In Yugoslavia, the nationwide protests against the Milosevic government continue. Those protests began a month ago in Serbia's second largest city, Nis (NEESH), when Opposition party victories in local elections were disallowed. Now a local court has re-instated the Opposition victory there. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli was in Nis recently and reports that information about the election, the vote fraud by the ruling Socialist party and the court's re-instatement have been carried by a private radio station and private television... a job neither had ever expected to perform.

- Susan talks with historian Willard Sterne Randall about the roots of the democratic party. The idea for the Democratic Party came about during a vacation Thomas Jefferson and James Madison took together in 1791. At the time, Thomas Jefferson was President George Washington's Secretary of State. James Madison was a member of Congress from Virginia. Jefferson felt that the idea of the American Revolution was being betrayed by the Federalists and hated the idea that its leading proponent, Alexander Hamilton, might become president. Randall is the author of "Thomas Jefferson: A Life" (1993,Henry Holt and Company). His article, "Thomas Jefferson Takes a Vacation" is in the July/August 1996 issue of AMERICAN HERITAGE magazine.

The main Shiite alliance captures 48 percent of Iraqi votes from the country's recent elections, with the Kurdish party following with 25 percent. Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's slate was third, virtually guaranteeing a change in leadership. NPR's Anne Garrels reports.

The newlyweds and members of the wedding party were stuck for hours in a hotel elevator that stopped between floors. Firefighters had to turn to a rope rigging system to get members of the party out.

Indian Atal Behari Vajpayee resigns after his Hindu-nationalist party was dealt a shocking defeat in national elections. Italian-born Sonia Gandhi's Congress party now readies itself to take power in the world's largest democracy. Gandhi vowed to put together a secular government but would not say whether she would become the next prime minister. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.