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Republican George W. Bush campaigned in eastern Tennessee today on his way to North Carolina and his second debate with Democratic rival Al Gore. The debate takes place tomorrow night in Winston-Salem. Bush was pleased to visit Tennessee to highlight how close the race looks in Gore's home state. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

Both the major party presidential candidates woke up this morning in states they had not expected to worry about this late in their campaigns. Texas Governor George W. Bush was in Florida, where his brother Jeb is governor, and Vice President Al Gore was in his own home state of Tennessee. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

NPR's Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg talks with Florentina Chiu, a refugee from Nicolae Ceucescu's Romania. As part of Morning Edition's month-long series on Loss and Recovery, Ms. Chiu talks about the loss of her home and country and the first 15 years of her new life in America.

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on a pair of ballot initiatives aimed at limiting the development of new office buildings in San Francisco. The measures were motivated by the expansion of many dot-com businesses into a neighborhood that has been home to low income Latinos and artists.

NPR's Elaine Korry tours a California house that on a sunny day produces more electricity than it uses. This so-called 'green home,' with air-cooling sculptures and sequestered solar panels, may be a small answer to California's energy crisis.

Michele Norris talks with Pam Woodall, economics editor of the Economist magazine, about the housing market. The magazine conducted a survey of costs associated with renting and buying in the U.S. and in the U.K., and argues that in some cases, home ownership does not trump renting.

The Washington Nationals play their home opener at RFK Stadium Thursday, the first regular season Major League game in the capital in 34 years. Michele Norris talks with Mike Wise of the Washington Post.

Musician Joey Burns of the band Calexico talks about his song "Sunken Waltz" — a tune about the rampant suburban sprawl growing in the outskirts of the band's home base of Tucson, Ariz.

Perched on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean in San Francisco, the Musie Micanique is home to arcade machines from a bygone era -- but time's running out for this unique museum. View a photo gallery and listen to turn-of-the-century entertainment devices, Wednesday on Morning Edition.

Many offices in downtowns across the country remain vacant as employees continue to work from home.