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A colder winter than usual is expected this year, and market watchers expect higher home heating bills. Three experts talk about the forecast on the price of heat and discuss how to save on heating bills.

Thousands of people are believed to died in Pakistan after a 7.6 earthquake hit the country Saturday. The quake also killed hundreds in neighboring India. Steve Inskeep talks to Alex Perry, Time magazine bureau chief in Kashmir, about rescue and recovery efforts.

The civil rights pioneer, who had been barred from attending college by Gov. Wallace, was the first African-American graduate of the University of Alabama.

As a Naval aviator, congressman and parent, John McCain has been guided by a belief in honor, faith and service. They are values he tries to model for his children and future generations of Americans.

Syria's Interior Minister Ghazi Kanaan has committed suicide, Damascus reports. Formerly Syria's intelligence chief in neighboring Lebanon, Kanaan was among Syrian officials questioned by a U.N. envoy investigating the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.

An excerpt from Harold Pinter's recent play, Voices, which premiered Oct. 10 on BBC's Radio 3, as part of the BBC's celebration of Pinter's 75th birthday. Voices is a collaboration between Harold Pinter and composer James Clarke.

A Colorado woman faces misdemeanor charges for refusing to show an ID to Department of Homeland Security guards while riding a public bus. Guards routinely seek ID before the bus goes through a federal office complex in Denver. Deborah Davis says she's resisting unconstitutional intrusions on her personal liberty.

General Motors has announced that it will cut 30,000 jobs by 2008. Now, its workers are coming to grips with the idea that they may lose their jobs, and questions remain about how much the cuts will help the struggling automaker going forward. Jerome Vaughn of Detroit Public Radio reports.

For those who struggle with their weight and body image, the focus on food around the holidays may create anxiety. Guest host Farai Chideya talks with Robyn McGee about her sister, who died from complications following gastric bypass surgery.

The highest judicial court of the United Methodist Church recently decided to defrock a lesbian minister and to reinstate a minister who refused to allow a gay man to join his congregation. Jason DeRose reports on how students and professors at a Methodist seminary are responding to the prolonged battle over homosexuality and the church.