Here are some of the details from the winter weather forecast released this morning by the National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center:

-- There are "enhanced chances for above normal temperatures across most of the western half of the lower 48 states."

-- The Florida peninsula is likely to experience "below-normal temperatures."

A small study offers a bit of cautious optimism about the prospects for treatment of tuberculosis, one of humankind's most ancient scourges.

This week's New England Journal of Medicine has a report showing that adding a 12-year-old antibiotic called linezolid, brand name Zyvox, to existing treatments cured nearly 90 percent of patients with a form of tuberculosis resistant to both first- and second-line antibiotics.

Tonight on Galactic Travels, the month-long focus on Modulator ESP continues.  The Featured CD at Midnight will be the self-released title "Into the Matrix."  You'll also hear music by an artist appearing at the Soundscapes Concert Series on Sunday, December 2, 8:00 pm at the Nazareth Center for the Arts.

Having just stepped into the shouting match over patents on genetically engineered crops, there are a few small things that I, too, would like to get off my chest.

Host Charles James interviews Michael Lerman from the Philadelphia Film Festival, happening October 18-28. He also talks with Ryan Hill about the Artsquest Greater Lehigh Valley Filmmakers Festival, happening November 2-4.

Host Laurie A. Siebert, CPA, CFP(r), AEP(r) discusses an array of topics including charitable
giving and National Estate Planning Week as well completing her discussion on IRAs from last week.

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:

This is TELL ME MORE, from NPR News. I'm Michel Martin. Coming up, we take a look back 25 years to the 1987 stock market crash, which some people still call Black Monday. We'll talk about how that even compares to the more recent market turmoil and if there's anything we can learn from it about market ups and downs today.