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President Bush and his Democratic challenger John Kerry clash over the war on terror and the war in Iraq as they campaign in Iowa. The president says the two efforts are one war, while Sen. Kerry says they are separate. NPR's Scott Horsley reports.

NBA Commissioner David Stern hands down some of the toughest penalties in league history for a brawl in Detroit between pro basketball players and fans. Ron Artest of the Indiana Pacers was suspended for the rest of the season. A total of nine players were sanctioned. Hear NPR's Tom Goldman.

Supreme Court Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist is recovering from a tracheotomy performed over the weekend as part of his treatment for thyroid cancer. Some cancer researchers say the surgery suggests he may have an aggressive form of the disease. Hear NPR's Patricia Neighmond.

Still in a statistical dead heat in polls, President Bush and Sen. John Kerry tour several battleground states on the last day before the election. Each candidate urged supporters to vote Tuesday. NPR's Don Gonyea and NPR's Scott Horsley report.

The state of Ohio remains in dispute, and provisional ballots cast there won't be counted until days after the election. The hard-fought contest for the White House hinges on the state and its cache of 20 electoral votes. NPR's Anthony Brooks is following the story.

For a second day, insurgents in Iraq target Shia Muslims as they observed the holy day of Ashoura. At least 30 people were killed. Despite the violence, tens of thousands of Iraqis took part in religious processions to commemorate the death of Hussein, grandson of the prophet Mohammed.

Iraqi officials say more than 8 million voters went to the polls Sunday, despite a string of suicide bombings and mortar attacks that killed at least 35 Iraqis. But turnout was very low among Sunnis, a group Iraq's interim government desperately wanted to include in the process.

John Garang is leader of the People's Liberation Movement in southern Sudan. He will soon be vice president in a new Sudanese government of national unity. He tells NPR's Scott Simon that he hopes the new government will be able to end the widespread human rights abuses in the Darfur region.

Comic book legend Will Eisner died Monday at the age of 87. The artist was best known for his Sunday strip The Spirit, but most may recognize his style from the buxom ladies he painted on the nose of fighter planes in World War II. Hear NPR's Renee Montagne.

New research from The Journal of the American Medical Association shows that popular weight loss programs can be effective. The problem is, most people can't stick with them. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Allison Aubrey.