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National Correspondent for The New York Times, NICHOLAS KRISTOF. He's written a series of biographical articles on George W. Bush, focusing on his early years. KRISTOF is former Tokyo Bureau Chief for The Times, and was co-recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for his coverage of Tianamen Square. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW)12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:

All Things Considered host Robert Siegel is at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. He spent time on the floor of the convention hall Tuesday night, with the Michigan delegation during John McCain's speech. McCain won Michigan's primary. And here in Philadelphia, the delegation from Michigan includes some people who backed McCain. Robert talks with two delegates after the speech about their reaction to McCain's speech, and whether they now support George W. Bush. This week has been a huge exercise in persuasion for those McCain supporters -- as they attempt to harness their enthusiasm for McCain to the Bush bandwagon.

John Burnett reports on Mexican billionaire Carlos Hank Rhon. The Fed holds a hearing on Oct. 23 to remove Hank Rhon as the major shareholder in Laredo National Bank in Texas, saying he lied to bank regulators when he acquired majority stock. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration suspects that Hank Rhon is connected to Mexican drug cartels and uses the Texas bank to launder money. Hank Rhon and bank president Gary G. Jacobs deny all wrongdoing. Jacobs is a friend of George W. Bush and has had coffee at the White House with Bill Clinton.

Vice President Al Gore began his kitchen table tour today, having breakfast with a small business owner and her 14-month-old son in Portland, Oregon. Gore is in the Pacific Northwest to stress his stand on the environment and consumer issues. He's hoping to head off defections to the Green Party campaign of Ralph Nader. Polls show both Oregon and Washington close enough for Nader's vote to make Republican nominee George W. Bush the winner. Linda Wertheimer talks to NPR's Andy Bowers.

North Carolina's 14 electors gathered in Raleigh at noon to dutifully cast their ballots for George W. Bush. They were subject to some eleventh hour arm-twisting by Al Gore supporters, but to no avail. Bush won 56 percent of the state vote, and state law bars electors from voting for someone other than the person to whom they are pledged. That law was passed after the 1968 election, in which an elector pledged to Richard Nixon voted for George Wallace. Congress will officially count the 538 votes from around the nation on January 5.

NPR's Renee Montagne talks with literary sleuth Don Foster about his new book Author Unknown: on the Trail of Anonymous. Foster has made a name for himself by putting a name on works when their authors don't. He's been credited with discovering the author of Primary Colors, he discovered that a poem signed by W.S. was indeed a lost work of Shakespeare. recently, Foster believes, that Clement Clarke Moore did not write the classic the Night Before Christmas. Foster says it's actually the work of Major Henry Livingston, a veteran of the Revolutionary war, who penned the poem in 1823.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including Secretary of State Colin Powell; Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Sun Yuxi; President George W. Bush; Senator Russell Feingold (Democrat, Wisconsin); Senator Mitch McConnell (Republican, Kentucky); the announcement of the Senate's 59-41 passage of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill; Senator John McCain (Republican, Arizona); Representative Joe Moakley (Demoract, Massachusetts); House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (Republican, Texas); Senator Phil Gramm (Republican, Texas); and Senator Kent Conrad (Democrat, North Dakota).

100 years ago, Booker T. Washington's autobiography, Up from Slavery was published. Soon after that, another dominant black intellectual of the day, W.E.B. DuBois offered a differing view on how African-Americans should define their new role in society. Liane Hansen speaks with historian Douglas Brinkley and DuBois biographer David Levering Lewis about the legacy of Up from Slavery.

Known today equally as a musician and actor, Ice Cube was born O'Shea Jackson. He first gained notoriety in the late 1980s with the revolutionary group N.W.A. He now also acts in and produces movies, including this year's comedy Are We There Yet? (This interview originally aired Jan. 10, 2005.)

In the series finale which aired Monday, all the characters all grown up. Arthur's sister D.W. is a police officer, his friend Buster is a teacher and Arthur has become a graphic novelist.