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Alan Cheuse, who teaches writing at George Mason University in Virginia, reviews Iron Shoes, a novel by award-winning short story writer Molly Giles. (2:00) Iron Shoes, by Molly Giles, is published by Simon & Schuster.

NPR's Mark Roberts reports from Denver on the campaign of Green Party candidate Ralph Nader. Nader is hoping to get 5 percent of the vote this year in order to get federal campaign funds to help his new party compete in future elections.

Robert talks to Aimee Dorr, Dean of the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA about the FTC report on the marketing of violent entertainment to minors.

Linda talks to Rick Karr of NPR News about a ruling today by a federal judge against MP3.com, in a lawsuit by Universal Music Group. U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff says a message must be sent to Internet companies to deter copyright infringement. He awarded Universal $25, 000 per CD copied by MP3.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from London that the British government is facing mounting calls to shut down the Millennium Dome exhibition hall. The Dome's managing commissioners sparked outrage last night when they approved another emergency infusion of cash for the attraction, which cost hundreds of millions of dollars to put up. The constant need for bail-outs has alarmed the Japanese led consortium that had agreed to purchase the Dome.

The twelve men a capella group called Chanticleer was formed in San Francisco 20 years ago. Their latest CD Magnificat features compositions from the middle ages that are dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Noah speaks with Chanticleer's musical director Joseph Jennings and alto Philip Wilder about the CD.

Claudio Sanchez reports on an FBI report that reviews 18 school shootings by students and discusses characteristics of those students. The agency recommends that schools study the warning signs discovered in those cases. But it also warns against using those items as a profile or checklist by which to evaluate their students. Among other points, the FBI suggests that teachers be aware of students who are obsessed with violence, have access to guns at home, and reflect violence in their writing and artwork.

NPR News' Michael Sullivan reports a year after the violence and destruction that followed East Timor's vote for independence, tens of thousands of refugees have not returned home. They remain in refugee camps in West Timor, where aid officials and some refugees say they are being threatened and intimidated by pro-Indonesian militias. There is some evidence that the militias are staging raids across the border into East Timor. U.N. officials say the situation is not likely to improve until the Indonesian government gets the militias out of the camps.

NPR's Brian Naylor reports on the activity in Congress. Political scuffles between the White House and Congress are expected to crop up in the weeks before Election Day.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Ted Clark about the UN Millennium Summit in New York City.