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of the Republican presidential race and what effect it might have on his re-election bid there.

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports that a divorce case in New Jersey is raising questions about computers and modern relationships. A husband has charged his wife with adultery for exchanging steamy love-notes via electronic mail with a man she's never met. The wife charges the husband with an invasion of privacy for reading her e-mail without permission.(5:00) 4. RECALL OR UPGRADE - Commentator Stuart Cheifet says that the computer industry is unlike any other ...after consumers spend thousands of dollars on new products, those investments become obsolete in eighteen months...and rather than offer trade ins or recalls, you are just expected to spend more money.

Balkans correspondent for the Financial Times, LAURA SILBER. She's the co-author of the new book, Yugoslavia: Death of a Nation (TV Books/Penguin, with Allan Little). In the book they look at the decisions that led to war. They write that Yugoslavia did not die a "natural death" that it was "deliberately and systematically killed off by men who had nothing to gain and everything to lose from a peaceful transition from state socialism and one-party rule to free-market democracy." There is also a accompanying TV documentary series to the book

to pressure Rwandan refugees to go home.

DR. FRED SHEFTELL is the co-founder of The New England Center for Headache and the co-author of the book, Headache Relief. He's also co-authored the new book, Headache Relief for Women: How You Can Manage and Prevent Pain (Little, Brown & Co.) (The New England Center for Headache is located in Stamford, Connecticut). (THIS INTERVIEW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE

The death of a snowboarder buried in an avalanche is the fifth in Colorado this year. Mark Roberts reports that technology designed to locate people caught in avalanches is only useful if people cooperate. But search and rescue experts say the new breed of backcountry 'boarders and outdoor enthusiasts are risk-takers.

Noah speaks with Bill Phillips, a senior editor at Little, Brown about his purchase of the manuscript, "Change of Heart," by Claire Sylvia. The author claims that shortly after she received heart and lung transplants, she began having vivid dreams about the life and identity of the anonymous donor. Little, Brown paid $800,000 for hard and soft-cover rights, and a movie deal is said to be in the works.

Robert talks to Scotsman Pete Haywood, in Washington, D.C. to attend the the international folk conference. Haywood tried to bring the late Scottish poet Robert Burns with him, but the airline wouldn't allow the paper mache figure on board witout paying a giant fare. So Burns is stuck across the Atlantic. We also hear the music of Ed Miller, playing the lyrics of Robbie Burns.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on what Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke is calling new 'rules of the road' for arresting war criminals in Bosnia. Names of suspected war criminals must be sent to the U.N. War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague...only those approved by the tribunal may be detained. NATO meanwhile is laying out its plans for arresting war criminals. NATO has been criticized in recent days for failing to detain indicted bosnian serb officials who've been making very public appearances in NATO controlled areas in recent days.

Beth Fertig reports on an ambitious housing project begun in New York City by the then powerful Republican Gov. Nelson Rockefeller. The housing project named Roosevelt Island. It was supposed to be a urban utopia....built to house rich and poor. But it has relied heavily on state support. So in these times of shrinking budgets, financial commitment to the island may be waning and residents are worried.

Commentator Lee Cullum says too many Americans have no acquaintance with the past. Cullum says most Americans don't know where Medicare or welfare came from or why, and even some of our elected representatives believe history began with Ronald Reagan. But she draws some hope from the fact that "Sense and Sensibility" is both a best selling book and movie.

Noah Adams speaks with Wall Street Journal reporter Kyle Pope about last week's IRA bombing in London. Pope says there is new evidence that the bombing was planned even before former Senator George Mitchell's peace plan was made public three weeks ago. -b- 14. THE PATRIOT - Alan Cheuse reviews a new novel by British writer Pier Paul Read. It's a thriller set in post Cold-War Berlin. The book is published by Random House.