All eyes turn to what's being called "The Race at Case"-- the first and only vice presidential debate tonight at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.

After last years deadly round of flu outbreaks in this country, we get up to date on flu in general, and avian flu in particular.

We look at battleground states.

This week, we're visiting Iran with Vermont Public Radio journalist Steve Zind, as he explores the country of his grandfather's birth. Today he wanders through the streets of the capital city, Tehran.

We speak with Debran Rowland, author of the book "The Boundaries of Her Body: The Troubling History of Women's Rights in America."