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Weekend Edition's Dan Schorr speaks with Fred Wertheimer, a fellow at the Joan Shorenstein Center who for 14 years was the president of Common Cause, and Dave Mason, vice-president of government relations at the Heritage Foundation, about campaign finance reform.

A champion 4-H pig in Lake County, Illinois, is at the center of a legal case after getting a bit too much sun and a little help from a vet.

NPR's Rick Karr reports that the internet is at the center of the campaign against the nomination of John Ashcroft as Attorney General. The question is how effective are e-mail and activist web sites at attracting and engaging citizens and what impact do the efforts have on Capitol Hill?

Scott speaks with pollster Andrew Kohut, of the Pew Research Center, about what issues are most important to people who did not vote for George W. Bush.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports from Ahmedabad, India, that officials have begun the enormous task of calculating the human and economic cost of the earthquake. The government of India is asking The World Bank and the Asian Development Bank for some $1.5 billion to help rebuild Gujarat, the industrial center hit hardest by the earthquake.

Commentator Heather Lende talks about the bald eagles that gather along the banks of Alaska's Chilkat River every year, to feast on the late Fall salmon run. This year, she watched the release of three eagles that recovered from injuries. They were nursed back to health at the Alaska Raptor Rehabilitation Center.

Lawrence Kaplan, director emeritus of the Lemnitzer Center for NATO studies at Kent State University, talks with host Lynn Neary about what Article IV of the NATO constitution actually says and means.

Linda talks to Andrew Kohut, Director of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, about how the presidential race is shaping up in the polls this pre-election week. Texas Governor George W. Bush seems to be gathering a small lead according to Pew.

NPR's Lynn Neary talks with Wendell Primus, Director of Income Security at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, about the president's proposal for $3,000 un-employment accounts.

For some insight into the fighter pilot culture, Linda talks with Captain Rosemary Mariner, a retired Navy Captain Aviator. She was trained to fly planes like the fighter that collided with the US reconnaissance plane. Mariner is now a Research Fellow for the University of Tennessee, Center for the Study for War and Society.