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NPR's Tovia Smith reports on one of the ballot questions facing the people of Massachusetts this election: whether incarcerated felons should be allowed to vote. Inmate advocates say taking the vote away from incarcerated felons is excessively punitive and racially discriminatory.

There were toes tapping and heads nodding in Louisville, Kentucky, last night when the city played host to the Bluegrass music awards. The Del McCoury Band and Dolly Parton both took home top awards. The event isn't televised, but is broadcast live in more than 3,000 U.S. radio markets.

Commentator David Shenk says a major study released today from the University of California in Berkeley aims for the impossible: to quantify how much information the world produces each year. That includes everything in a year's worth of e-mails, phone calls, radio and television broadcasts, Websites, office documents, newspapers, memos, etc. The number is so big that U.C. is coming close to the extreme end of terms that have been invented to measure such volume. (3:00) See the study at http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/how-much-info/

Scott speaks with veteran actress Maureen O'Hara about her career and upcoming CBS television movie The Last Dance.

When the heat gets too close, every mobster has a hideout. Chicago's Al Capone had plenty. Now one of Capone's get-aways is up for auction, with bids coming in from around the world. NPR's Cheryl Corley reports.

This week, presidential candidates Al Gore and George W. Bush visited Wisconsin to rally swing voters as well as party loyalists. Although it only offers 11 electoral votes, the state is considered fertile ground for both parties. Host Lisa Simeone speaks with NPR National Political Correspondent Elizabeth Arnold.

Host Lisa Simeone visits three cities in the state of Kentucky, one of several swing states in this years election to talks to voters about the Presidential election. She talks with voters in Louisville, Lexington and Campbellsville, Kentucky.

Commentator Lee Stringer is trying to keep his optimism about American democracy. So this year, he's avoiding coverage of the presidential race.

Commentator Carol Wasserman observes two apple orchards on opposing sides of a street near her home. They have nearly identical products -- and a long-simmering hatred for each other.

Commentator Agate Nesaule came to the United States from Latvia during World War II. She talks about the experience of settling in the American heartland.