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A certain co-dependence has long driven the relationship etween lobbyists and politicans in the Nation's capital. Much influence and nformation is channeled through these contacts. NPR's Peter Overby visited the efferson Group, a professional lobbying office in Washington D.C., and reports n the current state of this relationship, as well as the influence community's esponse to the first one-hundred days of the Republican-led Congress.

NPR's Melissa Block reports on the second day of events at the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. Last night's string of high-powered Democratic speakers include Jesse Jackson, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, former US Senator and presidential candidate Bill Bradley and Congressman Harold Ford the youngest member of congress.

It was something like the movie Outbreakmeets Eloise at the Plaza. Last week a Washington area day care center received an anthrax threat. Kids and teachers made it out the door in seconds flat, into the cold and rain. They took refuge at the luxurious Monarch Hotel next door, where they were treated like tiny royalty. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Charyn Cade of Capital Kids daycare and George Terpilowski of the Monarch Hotel.

In the early 2000s, an Iranian American family's home was searched unexpectedly. Afterward, the family questioned their place in the U.S. but didn't talk about the incident for more than a decade.

Robert interviews Stephanie Zucker, a new attorney for Baker Botts LLP in Houston, the law firm of Former Secretary of State James Baker, who is heading the Bush legal team. Zucker asked to be part of the Bush election law team. She talks about the experience of working on the Florida election cases.

Every March 14 is celebrated as Pi Day in math classes — and in kitchens — across the country. Pastry chef Gesine Bullock-Prado presents her Mango Key-Lime Pie in honor of 3.141592 ...

The government has shut down after failed talks in Congress to reinstall funding. We look at what happens next.

On the day before Election Day, Vice-President Al Gore is putting the finishing touches on his bid for the presidency. NPR's Anthony Brooks reports.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports on the MIR space station in the waning days of its 15-year journey in earth orbit. As Russia prepares to drop MIR into the Pacific Ocean next month, the satellite is prompting nostalgia for the glory days of the Soviet Union in many Russians.

NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on the final day of campaigning for Republican Presidential candidate George W. Bush.