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YOUNG ECONOMICS: Teenage Essayist Tamara Keith recounts her stint s a teaching assistant in economics for a class of fourth graders.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports from Sarajevo that United Nations officials there are reporting an atmosphere of chaos and anarchy today in two Serb-populated suburbs that will soon come under the control of the Muslim-dominated Bosnian government. Fires are raging in both places, with reports of widespread theft and looting. Most Serb residents have already fled the area. Many of those remaining are asking NATO troops to protect them from local thugs.

in Charleston, South Carolina about the upcoming South Carolina primary. The state has 37 delegates.

Commentator Lee Cullum says the rise of Pat Buchanan is a disaster for the country. If he contiues to win, he will destroy relations with other nations and make the politics of hate acceptable and tolerable. While Buchanan is right to worry about corporate downsizing and job losses, Cullum maintains he's wrong if he thinks he can reverse that trend with protectionism.

In France today, Jeanne Calment [zhahn kal-MAWN] celebrates her 121st birthday in her hometown of Arles (AHRL). She has recently become a recording star, of sorts, with a release called "La Farandol." We hear a selection.

Book critic MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews "Lieutenant Nun: The Memoir of a Basque Transvestite in the New World" by Catalina De Erauso (published by Beacon).

and reports on reaction by the conservative commentator's supporters to last the night's primary results.

ock historian ED WARD on the burgeoning Austin, Texas music scene. The SXSW (South by Southwest Music & Media Conference) is meeting at the Austin convention Center March 13-17.

about the latest Israeli security measures.

In the wake of today's summit, news analyst Daniel Schorr says the CIA faces a formidible challenge as it tries to forge an alliance of Israeli, Palestinian and other intelligence services to penetrate the shadowy world of Middle Eastern terrorists.

NPR'S JIM ZARROLI REPORTS ON WHY, AFTER HEARING GOOD ECONOMIC NEWS, WALL STREET SENT STOCKS AND BONDS SHARPLY LOWER ON FRIDAY.

Liane Hansen speaks with Vincent Cannistraro cah-nih-STRAH-roh), former chief of counter-intelligence at the CIA about racking terrorist groups in the Middle East and the British Isles.