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NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that there may have been as many as 12 corporate executives travelling with Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown when his plane went down over Croatia today. The executives were exploring business opportunities in Bosnia and Croatia, which are about to begin a massive rebuilding campaign.

Los Angeles prosecutor CHRISTOPHER DARDEN. He'd been a Deputy District Attorney with the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office for fifteen years before being selected to be on the team that prosecuted O.J. Simpson. He's written his memoir, "In Contempt," (Regan Books, written with Jess Walter. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW).

Commentator David Crystal says poets aren't the only ones to invent new ways of describing the world.

things are looking good for a second term for President Clinton. And -- if this election plays out like the others since World War Two, look for Clinton to win by an even larger margin than 1992.

signed by China and Russia on nuclear weapons, space exploration and trade during Russian President Boris Yeltsin's 3-day trip to China.

on the $35 million campaign the AFL-CIO is planning this year to defeat 75 House members -- almost all of whom are Republicans. Labor hopes to reassert itself as the important voting block it once was. But many union members voted Republican in the last election and getting them to follow the union leadership's guidance on election day is a formidable task.

that President Clinton will testify by videotape as a defense witness in the Whitewater trial. The tape will be played in court, but the White House is concerned about what could happen to the tape after the non-televised trial. There are precedents in this case... Former presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter both testified in court by videotape, and both tapes were sealed by the ruling judge.

NPR's Chitra Ragavan reports on what's at stake in the up-coming Indian elections that begin Saturday. Voters, which could number almost 6-hundred million, are turning out to cast ballots for one-third of the seats of Parliament. Voters of all classes and castes are said to be disgusted with the government's corruption and question the benefits of democracy.

NPR'S Kathy Lohr reports that authorities with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms have arrested two men in connection with the seizure of bomb-making equipment about 90 miles outside Atlanta, Georgia. Despite earlier reporters, federal officials say there is NO evidence there was any plot to explode a device at the Summer Olympics.

NPR's Ted Clark reviews the terms of the ceasefire between Israel and the Hezbollah guerrillas, which limits the recent attacks on southern Lebanon.

Neal Conan talks with Victor Davis Hanson, Greek classicist, farmer, and author -- who feels the decline of family farming in America is a threat to our cultural legacy. His new book is titled, "Fields Without Dreams." (published by Simon & Sch

Drummers...maybe hundreds...are filling the town of Santa Cruz, California, with rhythm...lots of rhythm...non-stop rhythm. The drummers are exorcizing the spirit of Robert Bly...they're energizing their bodies; freeing their spirits; celebrating the joy of being alive. They're also REALLY making the people of Santa Cruz mad. Tonight, the city council votes on an ordinance to ban drumming between the hours of 8PM and 10AM. The drummers are bummed. Kathy MacAnally reports.