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The 2004 Democratic National Convention begins with featured speeches from former Vice President Al Gore and former presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton.

As voters choose between President Bush and Sen. John Kerry, NPR has complete coverage of the presidential race as well as Senate and House contests. The NPR news special contains news and analysis of election returns.

This year, the academy invited 397 artists, including actors, directors and people who play other roles in filmmaking.

Lily Thorpe, a 10-year-old from Grand Junction, Colo., is far more politically involved than most adults. She's started her own political action commitee. NPR's Jeff Brady reports.

World-famous violist Kim Kashkashian is distinguished by her lyricism: the way her songlike music flows easily with emotion. Kashkashian's ability to make her instrument sing is evident throughout her new CD, Asturiana.

Alan Cheuse makes a prediction for forthcoming novels from John Grisham and Stephen King. Grisham's The Appeal centers on a $41 million jury award to a Mississippi woman whose family died at the hands of a chemical company; King's Duma Key features an evil genie who goes after a man in the Florida Keys.

The Emperor's Children is a new novel that chronicles the lives of three friends trying to make their mark in Manhattan in 2001 — and then come the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, and their lives are changed forever.

In his new book, Antonio's Gun and Delfino's Dream, author and journalist Sam Quinones explores the complexities and contradictions of the immigration debate through true stories of Mexican migration.

Judd died the day before she and Wynonna were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

San Francisco had been considering a policy to allow police robots to use deadly force in certain extreme cases. The Board of Supervisors sent the issue back to a committee for further discussion.