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Hurricane Frances stalls off the east coast of Florida. The effect of the storm's slow progress may be to inundate areas of the state with torrential rains. Power is already out for hundreds of thousands of Floridians. Hear NPR's Jennifer Ludden and NPR's Jon Hamilton.

Funerals begin in Beslan, a Russian town stunned by a bloody confrontation between Russian forces and Chechen militants who had taken more than 1,000 hostages at a school. Hear NPR's Renee Montagne and NPR's Lawrence Sheets.

Rape charges against Los Angeles Lakers basketball star Kobe Bryant are dismissed at the request of prosecutors. Bryant's accuser says she no longer wants to go through with the trial. A civil case remains unresolved. NPR's Jeff Brady reports.

More than 35 people are killed and dozens more are wounded in a car bomb attack on a recruiting center for Iraq's security forces in Baghdad. The blast, which occurred during the morning rush hour, destroyed nearby cars and damaged buildings. Hear NPR's David Sweeney.

Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader fails to win the Green Party's endorsement. Party members voting at their convention in Milwaukee chose Texas attorney David Cobb as their favored candidate. Hear Chuck Quirmbach of Wisconsin Public Radio.

In Virginia, a 12-year-old boy stands accused of planning a shooting rampage on the last day of school. Officials at the boy's school say they had dreaded such a situation, but were not unprepared. NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports.

A video posted on a militant Islamic Web site shows the beheading of a man identified as civilian contractor Eugene Armstrong. Armstrong was kidnapped along with one British and one American colleague from their house in Baghdad Thursday. Hear NPR's Peter Kenyon and NPR's Robert Siegel.

Republicans in Congress are trying to quash persistent Internet rumors that the Bush administration is looking to reinstate a draft to bolster an American military stressed by troop deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan. NPR's David Welna reports.

President Bush and Sen. John Kerry meet on the campus of the University of Miami in the first of three scheduled presidential debates. The war in Iraq and the war on terrorism dominated a discussion which touched briefly on Sudan, Russia and North Korea.

The Supreme Court's busy docket for its new session includes a challenge to the death penalty for 16 and 17 year olds and a test of federal sentencing guidelines. Justices also will hear arguments on government use of eminent domain. Hear NPR's Nina Totenberg.