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of ' >Civilization' magazine about history's worst presidential candidates.

Linda talks to Tom Fielder, the political editor and a columnist at the Miami Herald, about the how the presidential race is shaping up in the electoral vote-rich state of Florida. Bill Clinton is campaigning in that state today. He's hoping to reach two key voting blocks in Florida...the elderly and Cuban Americans. The elderly, according to Fiedler, seem to be leaning toward support of President Clinton, who has a stronger voice for protecting medicare. With the Cubans, the President seems to be making headway...even though these voters are usually solid Republicans.

Linda talks with Karen Donelan, a senior research associate at the Harvard School of Public Health, and the lead author of a survey published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association, called "Whatever Happened to the Health Insurance Crisis in the United States? Voices From a National Survey." Donelon's survey found that one in four American adults had difficulty acquiring medical care in the last year.

Researchers have greated the most detailed map yet of where genes are located on the 23 pairs of human chromosomes. Approximately 20% of the 100,000 genes in humans are now located on the map, and this should help other researchers figure out how these genes affect human health. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

Senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that Bob Dole's latest move to try to capture voters shows Dole's desperation as the campaign comes to a close.

The votes are being counted from the country's Bosnia's first elections which took place peacefully on Saturday.

Researchers have long been curious about how human memory works. In recent years, scientists have begun using new brain imaging technologies and other techniques to gain new insights into how the brain stores memories, and how those memories are later retrieved. In part of a special series on the brain, Michelle Trudeau explores the latest scientific understanding of how the brain processes memory.

NPR's Silvia Poggolli and Tom Gjelton report on today's elections in the former Yugoslavia.

Daniel talks with Adeed Daweesha, professor of Middle East Politics and History at George Mason University in Fairfax Virginia. Daweesha says he believes the United States is not REALLY interested in getting rid of Saddam Hussein rather of keeping him at bay. Daweesha says there are compelling reasons why the U.S. and others would rather have Hussein in power than out.

are being developed to play an ever-more important role in the lives of disabled people. >