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The family of 88-year-old Arie Even said they were saddened not to be able to be with him during his final days. They were asked to stay away in order not to catch the virus.

A Los Angeles man adopted Brandy, and one day she didn't come home. A microchip in the cat had the owner's phone number, but nobody called until recently when she turned up at a shelter 40 miles away.

In her "Fancy Nancy" books, Jane O'Connor created a world she was very familiar with as a little girl. When company arrived at her home, O'Connor would throw on a tutu, a cape and her mother's high heels, looking "appropriately elegant" to greet her guests.

Edward P. Jones won a Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Known World, a tale of black slave owners in the antebellum South. His latest work is the short story collection All Aunt Hagar's Children. Washington, D.C. — Jones' home town — is a major character in the stories.

Robert talks with NPR's Anne Garrels in Moscow about tomorrow's presidential run-off election. There is no campaigning today; Russian election law forbids it. Polls open Wednesday morning at 8 a.m. local time and close at 10 p.m. There are 93-thousand polling stations spread across Russia's 11 time zones. Russian President Boris Yeltsin is facing Communist Gennady Zyuganov ((gen-NAH-dee zyu-GAH-noff)). The campaign has been overshadowed by questions about Yeltsin's health, and yesterday, Yeltsin re-appeared after a five-day absence from public appearances. Since then he has remained at home...his aides say he is working on documents.

Marc Broussard has the husky voice of a Motown legend, but he's just a Louisiana boy at heart. His debut CD, Carencro, is named for his hometown. He chats with NPR's Jennifer Ludden.

If the 21st century belongs to China, then the city that will be at the heart of that success will be Shanghai. In the first of seven reports, NPR's Rob Gifford sets out on a 3,000-mile journey across China, and learns just how far the nation has to go before its development catches up with its potential.

DJ Betto Arcos spins soulful songs from a prison in Malawi, dance music from Congo and more.

LA took the best-of-seven series four games to one and will play the winner of the American League Championship Series between the New York Yankees and the Houston Astros.

Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair has announced that he will step down on June 27, putting a firm date on the long goodbye that will end a decade on Downing Street. In an emotional speech, Blair said that 10 years was long enough for him — and for the country.