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NPR's Howard Berkes reports on the execution by firing squad of John Albert Taylor in Utah, scheduled for just after midnight tonight. Utah is the only state that gives condemned prisoners the choice of a gunshot death. The execution is drawing attention to a lingering belief in Utah, called blood atonement.

deployment and the situation in Bosnia overall.

Linda talks with NPR's Brian Naylor about the budget talks that resume today at the White House. Brian looks at some of the issues the two sides are negotiating. At the top of the list are Medicare, Medicaid and tax cuts.

With recent elections in Russia, Commentator Andrei Codrescu notes the return of the communists. But he points out they never really left, and they really aren't what we thought they were in the first place.

Negotiators say they made "constructive progress" towards a resolution yesterday.

NPR's Neal Conan reports on the life of Admiral Arleigh Burke who died Sunday at the age of 94. "31 Knot Burke" was one of the most successful and colorful naval officers in American history. During the Second World War, he commanded a destroyer squadron in a series of daring night actions against Japanese forces in the waters around the Solomon Islands. In 1955, he became Chief of Naval Operations and served an unprecedented three terms, bringing the Navy into the era of jets, missiles and nuclear propulsion.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports from Sarajevo about life along the front line. The Bosnian government and Bosnian Serbs have pulled back their troops, and French peace-keepers have moved into position to create a buffer zone between the two warring groups. For the first time in nearly four years, the neighborhoods along the trenches are quiet.

Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University MARY JO WEAVER. Her previous book is "Springs of Water in a Dry Land: Spiritual Survival for Catholic Women Today," (Beacon) about women who are Catholic and feminist. Her book, "New Catholic Women: A Contemporary Challenge to Traditional Religious Authority," (Indiana University Press) has a new 10th anniversary edition. WEAVER's latest book (edited with R. Scott Appleby) "Being Right: Conservative Catholics in America" is a collection of essays (Indiana University Press).

Andrea DeLeon of Maine Public Radio reports on the attack on four nuns over the weekend. Two of the nuns were killed, and two injured by a former mental patient. Some believe he should not have been on the streets.

Senior Editor at National Review, RICHARD BROOKHISER. Recently the conservative magazine has come out in favor of some kind of drug legalization. BROOKHISER is also a columnist for The New York Observor.

ETHAN NADELMANN, Director of The Lindesmith Center, a research center devoted to broadening the debate on drug policy, and looking at stratgies that have been overlooked or ignored. (The Lindesmith Center is located in New York City, 212-887-0695) INT 3:Health care analyst and substance abuse expert JOSEPH CALIFANO. He was LBJ's assistant for domestic affairs from 1959-65 and Secretary for Health, Education and Welfare under Jimmy Carter from 1977-79. JOSEPH CALIFANO is also president of the Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, a research and experimental care facility at Columbia University.