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Before Martin Lawrence's Shanaynay character, or Tyler Perry's Madea, Flip Wilson set the bar high with his portrayal of the sassy Gerladine Jones. She was one of many characters from the late comedian's award-winning series, The Flip Wilson Show.

New campaign numbers coming indicate that we might see our first billion-dollar campaign. John Dickerson, chief political correspondent for the online magazine Slate talks about the two top Democrats who currently outpace candidates from both parties.

Noah talks to architect Cesar Pelli about the world's tallest buildings. Pelli designed what is currently the world's tallest: the Petronas Towers in Malaysia. Those will soon be dwarfed by a tower in Shanghai, China. And Donald Trump has plans for a still-taller skyscraper in lower Manhattan. Pelli's own design for a 2,000-foot tall building in Chicago has remained un-built since it was unveiled in 1989. Pelli says there are a lot of hurdles for skyscrapers to overcome before completion. He says with extremely tall buildings, the architect must view the process as adding a story at the BOTTOM, not the top -- to account for all the services, wires, elevators, and so forth that go into making a building work.

NPR's Melissa Block is in Tallahassee, where the Bush campaign won a potentially significant legal victory early today. A circuit judge reaffirmed the decision of Katherine Harris, Florida's Secretary of State and a Republican, which said Harris could certify the state's vote count tomorrow without having to include the results of hand recounts that are going on in several counties. Then late in the day the Florida Supreme Court delayed any certiification of the election by the Florida Secretary of State. The manual recounts have been going on in predominantly Democratic counties, and the Gore camp hoped that numbers coming out of those counties would put the Vice President over the top in the key battle for Florida's 25 electoral votes. Democrats said they will appeal the ruling in state Supreme Court.

The results are in: teams Ramrod and Trampoleen are the winners of Ball State University's second annual Pumpkin Drop. See photos of the pumpkin-protecting winning designs and hear the sound of winning pumpkins.

Pakistani troops are in the fifth day of a fierce battle with al Qaeda fighters near the Afghan border. But doubts arise that Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden's top deputy, is the focus of the fighting. Hear NPR's Linda Wertheimer.

Benson Kipruto of Kenya was first in the men's division while Ruth Chepngetich, also of Kenya, led the women's division. Sisson finished second.

A Youth Radio commentator is appalled by the blinding, Fruity Pebbles-hued, punk-rock fashions taking over Oakland, Calif. — and is determined to wear coordinating clothes, regardless of the mismatching trend.

Haley, the top rival to former President Donald Trump in the 2024 primary election, just released her delegates and encouraged them to back Trump. Now, she'll be at the convention to nominate him.

Would a salad arranged like an abstract painting be more enjoyable and valuable to diners than a typical salad presentation? Psychologists tried to find out.