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In California, the television airwaves are inundated with ads for and against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's ballot initiatives in next Tuesday's vote. The campaigns are also using a relatively new medium to get their messages out: Internet animation. Tamara Keith of member station KPCC reports.

A new report shows close to 45 percent of Utahns volunteer, and they contribute about 155 million hours of service.

A quarter-century already? It seems just like yesterday. A new Pew survey looks back on how much the World Wide Web's popularity — and role in our lives — have grown since its birth in 1989.

Ecuador says it decided to "temporarily restrict" Internet access for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at its embassy in London. On hearing this, Bobby Mair, a Canadian stand-up comedian based in London, showed up outside the embassy with a sign that read "Julian Assange personal internet service" and spent the day reading the news to Assange through a megaphone.

A Norwegian knitting marathon. America's Next Top Model. British crime dramas. Real-time strategy games. Peanut soup. These are some things that help us feel better — maybe they'll work for you, too?

When five foreign students from Egypt didn't show up for a month-long course at a Montana university, a web-based tracking system went into action. The system had been created in 2001. A manhunt ensued and the missing students were located within a matter of days. It turns out they had come to find jobs, not to study.

With only a few weeks left in the tight presidential race, all eyes are on the latest swing-state polls. An "Electoral Vote Tracker" on the Los Angeles Times Web site displays the latest poll figures and allows users to create their own election scenarios. NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Los Angeles Times online business and politics editor Dan Gaines.

As New York City faces its worst fiscal crisis since the 1970s, many teachers in the city turn to a Web site that aims to help educators get the resources and classroom supplies they need without the writing grant applications. Donorschoose.com allows people around the country to view and fulfill teachers' requests for books and supplies. Hear Beth Fertig of WNYC.

Comics Nadia Manzoor and Radhika Vaz play Muslim immigrants dealing with speed dating, catcalls and other aspects of life in secular New York in their sketch-comedy series Shugs & Fats.

Officials defended the practice, saying it helps appointees separate email. But open government groups worry it'll lead to a less accountable administration.