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New York Senate candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican Congressman Rick Lazio met in their second televised debate today. It was a far more polite exchange than their debate last month. From New York, NPR's Melissa Block reports.

As violence continued to flare in the Middle East, American diplomats say they are mediating talks between Palestinian and Israeli security forces in an attempt to end 10 days of violence. Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Barak today repeated his ultimatum that PLO Leader Yasser Arafat must rein in Palestinian protesters or consider the peace process finished. But it's not clear Arafat has the power to stop demonstrations. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports from Hebron.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports from Jerusalem on the latest developments in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as leaders from around the world begin flying into the region to try to save the peace process.

NPR's David Molpus visits a group of flex-time lawyers in Philadelphia, as he continues to explore how Americans are changing the way they work. The lawyers discuss how their part-time work schedules affect their career advancement and their family lives. Many American workers are discovering the benefits of flexible work schedules, but there are drawbacks. This report is the latest in the NPR series, "The Changing Face of America."

Film director Joel Schumacher. His films include St. Elmo's Fire, The Client, A Time to Kill, and Batman Forever. Schumacher's new film is Tigerland about a group of army recruits in training who are about to be shipped off to Vietnam. The film was made on a low budget in 28 days, on sixteen millimeter film and mostly with hand-held cameras. In making the film Schumacher was inspired by the Dogma 95 movement by Danish film director Lars von Trier. The movement rejects Hollywood artifice, abandoning the use of elaborate lighting, special effects and music.

If you liked the movie, now go see the opera. From member Station KQED in San Francisco, Cy Musiker reports on the new opera inspired by the book Dead Man Walking about a nun working with death row prisoners.

As part of a series of conversations with third party Presidential candidates, Host Bob Edwards talks to John Hagelin, the Natural Law Party nominee.

Host Bob Edwards talks with reporter Richard Harris about the latest winners of the Nobel Prize for Medicine. Two Americans and Swede got the one-million-dollar prize this year, for their work on "signal transduction" in the nervous system -- work which is necessary for understanding the origins of many neurological and psychological diseases.

Jury deliberations resumed today in federal court in Louisiana in an insurance fraud trial involving former Governor Edwin Edwards. Edwards, the State Insurance Commission, Jim Brown, and a lawyer are accused of corruption and witness tampering. The three are alleged to have created a favorable settlement in 1996 for the owner of a failed insurance company. Earlier this year, Edwards was convicted in an unrelated racketeering case involving the licensing of riverboat casinos. NPR's Debbie Elliott reports.

There is growing concern among gun control advocates that mandated background checks for weapons purchasers are inadequate. A report by the Los Angeles Times last week revealed that in Texas, hundreds of felons were granted permits to carry concealed weapons. The paper said the state had failed to carry out complete background checks. However, more than 30 other states allow people to carry concealed weapons, and researchers say it is almost impossible to find out information about crimes committed by permit holders. It's also hard to find out if criminals are slipping through the background check. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports.