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Less than 10 days after being discovered in drone pictures, the 11-foot metal structure was removed by an unknown party. Before it vanished, some hikers were able to post selfies with it online.

A group of seven black bears crashed a high school pool party in Gatlinburg. The bears climbed the fences, ran around the tennis courts and played around in the water.

When the wedding party is over, Eleanor Love gets to work. The Virginia-based doctor collects leftover flowers and gives them to patients at her hospital. Studies show flowers can help patients heal.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that voters may be concerned about the health of the economy, but it's not clear they are going to take those concerns out on incumbents. Weak job growth and a struggling stock market have combined to push consumer confidence levels to a nine-year low. The Democratic Party is clearly hoping that voter anxiety about the economy will give their candidates an edge in tomorrow's election. To see how economic concerns are playing out, Zarroli visits a new congressional district in suburban Philadelphia. (5:15)

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.

Singapore's first prime minister and it's current senior minister-- Lee Kuan Yew. A very controversial figure, Lee Kuan Yew formed the People's Action Party, and won the first Singapore general election in 1959. Since it was granted independence in 1965, Singapore has gone from British colony to Asian economic powerhouse. Yet, its government is often criticized for being too authoritarian and weak on civil liberties. Lee Kuan Yew will talk about his country's economic success, as well as the criticism about his government's treatment of its citizens. His new book is called From Third World to First (Harper Collins).

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem reports Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon is mulling over options for dealing with the escalating violence in the West Bank and Gaza. Israel's Labor Party today chose the man who is to be defense minister in Sharon's unity government -- 65-year-old Binyamin Ben-Eliezer. Ben-Eliezer said he would try to persuade Palestinians to return to the negotiating table. At the same time, he said Israel would not "sit quiet" in the face of continued Palestinian attacks. Sharon has vowed to improve security for Israelis, though has not detailed how.

NPR's Mike Shuster in Jerusalem reports a car bomb exploded in Jerusalem today, injuring one person, just two days after rightwing leader Ariel Sharon won a sweeping victory in Israel's election for Prime Minister. Sharon is now consulting with the Labor Party of his defeated rival, Ehud Barak, in a bid to form a national unity government. Sharon might have to moderate some of his right-wing views to ensure Labor's participation. That has some of Israel's West Bank settlers uncertain about what approach Sharon will take to their presence in the occupied territories.

NPR's Guy Raz reports from the Macedonian city of Tetovo that fighting escalated today between ethnic Albanian rebels and Macedonian security forces. The two sides exchanged fierce gunfire just outside the city -- Macedonia's second largest. Occasional shells and bullets landed in the central square. Most activity has come to a halt. The government says it's preparing for all-out war. Although Macedonia was the one republic to secede from Yugoslavia without bloodshed and an ethnic Albanian party is included in the ruling coalition, the rebels say they're fighting for greater rights for the Albanian community.

Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee raised questions about whether the network's coverage could be compromised by pressure from the Chinese Communist Party.