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Daniel talks to Dave Beatty of the National Victim Center and Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Rhonda Saunders about stalking laws. In the past 25 months, many states have adopted statewide stalking laws, making it easier for law enforcement agencies to take action. However, Saunders says there is much more that state legislatures can do to toughen these laws across the country. According to the National Victim Center, currently 200,000 Americans are being stalked. For more information on victim centers in your area call the National Victims Center at 1-800-FYI-CALL.

Daniel talks with Colin Spencer, author of "The Heretic's Feast, a History of Vegetarianism". Spencer says one of the first great vegetarians on record was Pythagoras, who about 25 hundred years ago, headed a sect which believed in part that human souls can reincarnate into animal forms and therefore animals shouldn't be eaten. Pythagoras was considered to be a very holy man at the time, but in later years European Christians viewed vegetarians as heretics and poked fun at them - a habit which Spencer says persists today.

suspect Theodore Kaczynski. After searching his secluded cabin in Montana, federal agents found four incomplete pipe bombs. Kaczynski has been charged with possessing bomb components, but so far, not with any of the Unabomber attacks. Livingston has written eight books on terrorism, has followed the Unabomber case for several years, and runs a crisis management firm in Washington.

Linda Wertheimer talks with Peter Kendall, a reporter with the Chicago Tribune. Kendall has been piecing together the story of Theodore Kaczynski - the man who is being held in a Montana jail, suspected of being the UNABOMBER....Kendall has been writing about the agony of David Kaczynski - the man who helped bring his brother in from the cold.

Commentator Mickey Edwards says the government should not meddle in Amercians' decision to die.

Film Critic JOHN POWERS reviews "Flirting with Disaster." A comedy starring Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette and Tea Leona. It also features Alan Alda, Mary Tyler Moore and Lily Tomlin. REV. : TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews "To Sir with Love, Two" the sequel to the film, "To Sir With Love," which was released 29 years ago. Both star Sydney Poitier. It airs on CBS, Sunday night.

We catch up on collegiate basketball news... Robert Siegel talks with two journalist from Sports Illustrated Larry Berke and Kelly Anderson, about the N-C-double-A Final Four Tournament, for both the Men's and Women's.

a new government took power. In Freetown, Sierra Leone. There was a handover of power by the military, to the new civilian president -- Ahmad Tejan Kabbah [ah-med TEE-jin KAH-bah], is the first democratically-elected leader in Sierra Leone since the late 1970's. The rebels agreed earlier this week to extend a two-month cease-fire. The BBC's West Africa correspondent David Bamford reports.

American Auction - From member station WNYC in New York Laura Sydell reports on a remarkable collection of African American artifacts and documents appearing in a New York auction house. Scholars have mixed feelings about the auction, although they are convinced of it's historic nature, they feel some might take advantage of the artifacts and hold on to them for higher resale at a later date.

Liane Hansen speaks with an unusual photographer who sends his cameras loft on kites.

In honor of National Poetry Month, United States Poet Laureate Robert Hass (rhymes with "grass") reads a poem from his book "Human Wishes" titled "Spring Rain".[STATIONS: Human Wishes is published by The Ecco Press]

Daniel speaks with Craig Buck about efforts to rebuild Bosnia's crippled economy. Buck leads a team from the US Agency for International Development. He says the top priorities for his team are creating jobs and rebuilding homes. He believes that economic recovery is essential for maintaining peace in the region.