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Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews Nirvana''s new release, "In Utero."

2: Retired cop, and former head of the Queen's District Attorney's squad, REMO FRANCESCHINI (Fran-chez-KE-nee) spent 35 years keeping track of and busting organized crime in New York City. FRANCESCHINI figured out the family structure of the mafia, keeping a "Wall of Fame" family tree of photos and names of mobsters. Early on he predicted the rise of John Gotti, who became known as the "Teflon Don." FRANCESCHINI personally wire-tapped Gotti's headquarters, which led to indictments. FRANCESCHINI has written a new memoir, "A Matter of Honor: One Cop's Lifelong Pursuit of John Gotti and the Mob." (Simon & Schuster).

World music commentator MILO MILES reviews the newly released boxed CD set "Tougher Than Tough: The Story of Jamaican Music" (available on the Mango label).

Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews the jazz opera "Jonny spielt auf" (pronounced shpeelt auf) of the new series "Entartete" (pronounced ent-ART-a-tuh, London Records). It''s a series of music banned during the Holocaust.

Movie critic Steven Schiff reviews "A Dangerous Woman" starring Deborah Winger.

TV critic David Bianculli previews "Marilyn and Bobby: Her Final Affair," a USA cable network telemovie airing tonight. Bianculli says the show mixes fact and fiction while telling the story of the alleged romance between Marilyn Monroe and Robert F. Kennedy.

PATRICK BELLEGARDE-SMITH is a professor of Africology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Today, he will place Haiti's current political situation in a historical context, explaining the history of American involvement in Haiti. BELLEGARDE-SMITH grew up in Haiti, at the height of the Duvalier dictatorship. His grandfather was Dantes Bellegarde, one of Haiti's leading social philosophers. BELLEGARDE-SMITH will talk about Haiti from a personal standpoint as well

Commentator Maureen Corrigan has a review of a new biography of a turn of the century journalist: "Nellie Bly: Daredevil, Reporter, Feminist" (Times Books).

Authorities warn current conditions are ideal for more fires. Officials say embers from the Bootleg Fire can travel long distances on the current 25 mph winds.

"If we didn't lead this fight, nobody would," says a Beirut resident whose 3-year-old daughter was among the 217 killed in the blast. An official investigation has stalled. No one has been prosecuted.

Was it a brutal gang rape and killing? Or a terrible accident with a bungled response? Police are searching for clues — as protests erupt in India's capital.

She had been competing at the Tokyo Olympics. Timanovskaya is reuniting with her husband — who has also obtained a humanitarian visa.