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President George Bush and Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry went toe to toe in Miami yesterday in the first of three planned presidential debates. Guest host Tony Cox gets analysis from Terry Neal, chief political correspondent for WashingtonPost.com and Rochelle Riley, columnist with The Detroit Free Press.

There's a high-calibre battle between the Harlem Yacht Club and New York City officials. The club wants to revive a tradition of firing a cannon every night as it lowers its American flag. Club members call it free speech -- but Manhattan officials call it an environmental hazard. NPR's Mike Pesca reports.

Day to Day technology contributor Xeni Jardin rides with Aurelito and Shakespeare, two Los Angeles-based reggae disc jockeys who have converted an old ice-cream truck into a mobile sound system.

Are we witnessing the birth of a commercial space flight industry? Day to Day technology contributor Xeni Jardin reports on Wednesday's launch of SpaceShipOne. The craft is the top competitor in the race for the Ansari X-prize, a global competition to build the first viable commercial spaceship. The winning team is set to receive a $10-million award.

SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded rocket plane to complete two trips to the edge of space within a two-week window. The feat makes the craft the apparent winner of a $10-million award known as the X-Prize, designed to encourage space tourism. Hear NPR's David Kestenbaum.

Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks has a severe mental impairment known as dementia. The news prompts the medical community to shine a brighter light on dementia and the fact that elderly African-Americans suffer from the brain illness more than any other group. Dr. Ian Smith, columnist for Men's Health magazine and The New York Daily News, discusses dementia with NPR's Tavis Smiley.

Paul Bremer, the former administrator of the U.S.-run occupation of Iraq, says there were not enough American troops on the ground to secure Baghdad and stop looting immediately after the fall of Saddam Hussein. Bremer says he supports the current strategy and troop levels in Iraq. NPR'S Eric Westervelt reports.

NASA scientists are increasingly confident they will retrieve useful scientific data from the crushed remains of the Genesis spacecraft. The recovery effort is something approaching archeology, as scientists dig shards of equipment out of the ground. NPR'S Howard Berkes reports.

Richard Avedon, one of the most influential fashion and portrait photographers of the 20th century, died Friday at the age of 81. NPR's Neda Ulaby has a remembrance.

The Pentagon posts an absentee ballot online for Defense Department personnel working overseas. The move comes after concerns were aired that some state absentee ballots might miss the Nov. 2 election. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and Doug Chapin of electionline.org.