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who refused to wear a blue beret and other United Nations insignia when assigned to a U.N. peacekeeping force in Macedonia last fall. Court martial preparations began in January, but yesterday his civilian lawyers argued in U.S. District Court in Washington that he should be given an honorable discharge as a conscientious objector.

SCOTT REFLECTS ON THE CANDIDATES WHO HAVE DROPPED OUT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE SO FAR.

NPR's Mike Shuster talks with Russia's foremost human rights advocate, Sergei Kovalyov ((sair-gay koh-vahl-YOV)). Kovalyov recently resigned his position as chief human rights adviser to President Yeltsin. Kovalyov addresses the candidacy of the communists, the upcoming presidential election and how Yeltsin could end the war in Chechnya.

NPR's Jon Greenberg reports..Whitewater special counsel Kenneth Starr today expanded his investigation. He will look into whether former presidential aide David Watkins lied about Hillary Clinton's role in the firing of employees of the White House Travel Office.

On October 13, 1994, five year old Eric Morse was thrown to his death from the 14th story window of an apartment in the Ida B. Wells housing project in Chicago. He was thrown by two boys who at the time were ten and eleven years old. Young reporters LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman have spent the last year on assignment for "All Things Considered", exploring this crime and its impact on the neighborhood. The first hour of our program today is devoted to this story. LeAlan and Lloyd live in the same neighborhood where Eric Morse died. Along with the head of the Chicago Housing Authority, they tour the building he was thrown from. The view from the 14th story is bleak, offering little hope to residents. The boys learn firsthand how difficult reporting can be when doors slam in their faces as they go around asking people to talk to them about Eric Morse's death. Prosecuting and defense attorneys involved in the case talk about the impact the Ida B. Wells neighborhood had on the boys who killed Eric Morse. The prosecuting attorney says she has not seen a crime this awful before - and the defense attorneys say it was bound to happen and may happen again if systematic problems are not addressed. We hear from kids in the neighborhood, and from young relatives. Eric Morse's young cousin talks about how much he misses Eric and about the fights he has had with the young killers. We hear from an adult who tried to help the killers when they were in elementary school. One of the killers brought crack cocaine to kindergarten. The father of one of the young killers, interviewed by LeAlan and Lloyd at a prison where he was incarcerated, says his son was a gentle boy. And in an exclusive interview, Eric Morse's mother and half brother (who watched him die, and tried to run down 14 flights of stairs to catch him), talk about Eric and how much they miss him, and how troubled his killers must have been. Through it all, reporters LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman wonder what has made them different, why they didn't end up as killers or dead themselves. (IN S

The House is due to vote today on a bill overhauling immigration laws. One of its provisions would allow states to deny public schooling to children of illegal immigrants. In addition, the House may follow the Senate's lead by splitting the measure into two parts, separating rules dealing with legal immigrants. The separation could kill attempts to sharply limit the number of legal immigrants. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports. Updates are expected. Please be prepared to do new BBS if you use any of these details.

Film critic Bob Mondello uses the "Celluloid Closet", a new documentary about Hollywood's treatment of gays, as a prism to examine "It's My Party" and "The Birdcage".

who's in Edmonton, Alberta, covering the World Figure Skating Championships. They discuss both women's and men's competition.

continuing military exercises off the coast of Taiwan.