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On this first official day of the "Summit for America's Future" in Philadelphia, Susan Goodman reports on a group of retired doctors and dentists who are volunteering their services to those in need in the state of Florida.

NPR's Brian Naylor says there are new rules on Capitol Hill which require witnesses testifying at hearings to disclose their ties to federal funding.

Korva talks with Lee Ballard, whose company, "Name One," names products and services. Ballard gives us a crash course in how to create fun and memorable names.

March made it's debut over the weekend with tornadoes, heavy rains and flooding that left behind a path of destruction stretching from Arkansas to Ohio. More than forty people are dead, hundreds are injured and more flooding is expected. NPR's Adam Hochberg reports.

Robert talks to R. Jeffrey Smith, an investigative reporter for the Washington Post. Smith says that the CIA has dropped about 1000 paid informants from its roster in an effort to clear their payroll of terrorists, smugglers and people involved in human rights abuses. In the process, the agency also dismissed sources who had not produced much useful information.

insists he did nothing improper or illegal in helping the Clinton-Gore reelection campaign raise millions of dollars. In defending his fund raising activities, Gore said his role in raising campaign money was the same as that performed by previous Vice Presidents. But, he said, in the future he no longer will make fund raising telephone calls from the White House.

Nancy Rigotti, director of the Tobacco Research and Treatment Center at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Rigotti explains how to determine if retailers are observing the new FDA regulations on selling cigarettes to minors.

Senator Barbara Boxer about Congressional reaction to President Clinton's announcement today to recertify Mexico's anti-drug efforts.

President Clinton yesterday certified that Mexico is a full ally in the war against illegal drugs. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports.

in the state of Hesse, Germany... near Frankfurt where Chancellor Helmut Kohl received a much-needed boost in support. Some see the election results as a modest endorsement for the reform policies of Kohl, who's been Chancellor for the past 14 years.

of the stock market. The market continues to soar, despite predictions of downturns. Experts disagree whether it could go even higher or is ready for a decline.

NPR's Ted Clark reports on Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat meeting with President Clinton to discuss the next steps in the U.S. sponsored peace process. The president was sympathetic to Arafat's criticism of Israel's latest plans to build new Jewsish settlements in Arab East Jerusalem and said such a move built mistrust instead of the confidence needed to make the peace process work.