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Plans for the Senate Foreign Relations committee to vote on the embattled nomination of John Bolton for ambassador to the United Nations fell apart Tuesday. Republican Sen. George Voinovich of Ohio broke ranks with his party, asking for more time to probe allegations of misdeeds by Bolton.

A Lebanese anti-Syrian alliance appears to have won control of parliament in the first elections in three decades without Syrian troops in Lebanon. An alliance led by the son of slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri is set to lead a new government -- one that he says will steer an independent course.

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist calls for a vote on the nomination of John Bolton to become the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., but the issue may not reach the floor. The Republicans may not be able to get the 60 votes needed to cut off discussion of the nomination.

With less than two weeks until Election Day, the campaigns of both President Bush and Sen. John Kerry seem to be employing similar strategies: encouraging voters to worry about the future, should the opposing side be elected. Hear NPR's Don Gonyea.

Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry accuses President Bush of "colossal failures of judgment" in Iraq. Kerry's speech at New York University came one day before Bush's scheduled address to the U.N. General Assembly in New York. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

In softcover nonfiction, mother-of-three Kelly Oxford wisecracks, Errol Morris reexamines the Jeffrey MacDonald murder case and Shereen El Feki travels across the Arab world asking people about their sexuality.

More than half a million children born in the U.S. have ended up in Mexico because their parents were deported.

Suzanne Nigro -- Sue to all who meet and know her -- is taking me on a car tour of her community, Cleveland Heights. "Now we’re traveling down Guilford Road…heading to Fairfax," she explained. We pass a school and rows of beautiful homes, some huge, some modest, all well-maintained. Mature trees line the streets. Nigro used to do these kinds of car tours all the time in the 1970s for people who were interested in moving into the community.

You're not alone if you feel a sting in your eyes and have blurry vision and neck pain after sitting in front of your computer for hours. But is there a name for your ailment?

"If one of your tellers took a handful of $20 bills out of the cash drawer, they'd probably be looking at criminal charges," Warren tells the bank's CEO.