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Tape and copy about Cambodia's "killing fields." American journalist David Hawke visited Cambodia shortly after the Khmer Rouge were driven from power. He describes what he discovered in an interview seen on PBS' "Vietnam: A Television History."

Linda talks with NPR's Tom Gjelten who is in Santiago, Chile, where President Clinton arrived this morning in advance of this weekend's Summit of the Americas. On his first day in Chile, the president is meeting with government officials and business leaders before attending a state dinner in his honor.

NPR's Charlayne Hunter-Gault reports from George, South Africa. This morning, the two-day-old trial of former President P.W. Botha was suspended until June. Botha is charged with refusing to comply with a subpoena to testify before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Prosecutors at the trial also have been submitting evidence about alleged state-sanctioned human rights offenses committed during Botha's term as president.

Reporter Jennifer Glasse reports from Kinshasa on U.N. Secretary General Kofi Anan's announcement today that he was withdrawing a team of investigators who have been probing massacres of Rwandan refugees in the Congo. The team has encountered persistent obstacles while attempting to gather information about Hutu refugee killings.

Commentator Iain Guest saw the killing fields dug up in 1980, and returned to Cambodia in 1992 to work with the United Nations. He feels that Pol Pot's legacy has been thoroughly distorted.

NPR's Joe Palca has a report on the apparent failure to reproduce the experiment that created Dolly, the world's first cloned sheep. In one sense it's not surprising -- it took Scottish scientists nearly 300 attempts before Dolly was cloned, a time consuming process that involves many animals and many years. But there also appears to be relatively little interest among scientists to try to reproduce the experiment - an experiment that is necessary to prove that Dolly isn't a fluke.

One of commentator Marion Winik's favorite dinners to cook for her two boys is the "yellow dinner." As one might expect, it contains only food that is golden in color. Everything from shake and bake pork chops to macaroni and cheese. To her, this is the convenience food of her childhood and the food of love.

Robert and Linda demonstrate the difficulty of presenting polling data on the radio. They use polling questions about President Clinton's scandals to demonstrate.

NPR's Tovia Smith reports from Lowell, Massachusetts, that some Cambodian-Americans have mixed feelings today about the death of former Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot. Many were relieved to hear news of the death of the man responsible for the killing of more than a million people between 1975 and 1979. But many also were saddened to lose the opportunity to see Pol Pot brought to justice for his crimes.

A new study released today reports growing violence on television. The 3-year National Television Violence Study was conducted by researchers from four universities. They found two thirds of the network prime time and cable programs monitored in June 1997 contained physical violence. In comparison, half the programs monitored in October 1994 were considered violent. The study also concluded that the current TV rating system is an inadequate way to inform parents about television violence. NPR's Brooke Gladstone reports.

Robert and Linda read a sample of this week's letters.

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on the legal decisions and cases pending against California medical marijuana clubs. Use of the drug for medical purposes is legal under state law, but the practice continues to be challenged by the federal government.