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NPR's John Burnett reports on Houston's air pollution problem. Though Houston has the worst ground-level ozone in the country, business leaders have remained reluctant to tighten their emissions standards. But now these leaders are becoming more open to change, as they realize that Houston's reputation for poor air quality is making it harder to attract new businesses and talented employees.

NPR's Martin Kaste describes the events of the last 24 hours. Four passenger planes were hijacked yesterday morning. Two destroyed the World Trade Center in New York, another destroyed a section of the Pentagon in Washington D.C., and one crashed into the ground in a rural part of Pennsylvania.

It's time for an end-of-summer poetry treat: NPR's Tom Cole reads "Blackberry Picking," from Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney, found in Opened Ground: Selected Poems 1966-1996.

Deborah talks with Rob Satloff, the Executive Director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, about the latest concerns for the future of the Middle East peace process. After historic gains in the last ten years, much ground has been lost in the last twelve months. They discuss why relations have been so strained, and what lies ahead for the principals in the conflict.

Some United Airlines workers are losing tens of thousands of dollars from the company's employee stock ownership plan. Now, United's financial woes are dragging stock values into the ground. NPR's Elaine Korry reports.

Robert talks with Jonathan Freedland, policy editor for the Guardian, about the newspaper's challenge to the 1701 law banning non-Protestants from succession to the British throne. The paper has teamed up with human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson, to challenge the law on the grounds that it conflicts with the Human Rights Act, which became British law two months ago.

Advisors to Democrat Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush tried to lay claim to the moral high ground today, each saying they were trying to protect the interests and will of the American people. But at the end of the day, it sounded a lot like the charges and countercharges of an increasingly bitter and ongoing campaign for the presidency. NPR's Peter Kenyon is in Austin, Texas, where Governor Bush spoke briefly today.

NPR's Larry Abramson reports from Washington on the Bush campaign's appeals to the U-S Supreme Court, to overturn Tuesday's Florida State Supreme Court ruling. Until now, the federal courts have refused to intervene in the Florida Election dispute, on the grounds that it's a matter for the State of Florida to decide. Meanwhile, Republicans in the Florida legislature are threatening to get involved.

Monday's earthquake did not trigger a tsunami, but it did spark a scare across the region. Several countries along the Indian Ocean received early word of the possibility of a second tsunami, including Thailand, where tens of thousands fled to higher ground.

The recovery effort at the site of the former World Trade Center officially ends Thursday, but the search continues at Fresh Kills landfill, just across the harbor on Staten Island. Officials there are still poring over millions of tons of "Ground Zero" rubble, looking for remains, personal effects and evidence. NPR's Chris Arnold reports.