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a look at new Food and Drug Administration regulations regarding cigarette sales that went into effect today. The rules require retailers to ask for a photo I.D. for all customers buying cigarettes who look younger than 27. Failure to comply could cost store owners $250. President Clinton argues the new rules will actually help retailers, since they won't have to guess the age of those buying cigarettes.

The Democratic National Committee announced yesterday that it is returning $1.5 million to contributors. Scott talks to NPR's Peter Kenyon about the enlarging fundraising scandal.

The Democratic National Committee has released 10-thousand pages of documents relating to former fundraiser John Huang. The papers were subpoenaed by Congressional investigators who are looking into improper donations. Among the memos is a list of so-called "must considers," the rolls of party fundraisers that the DNC urged the incoming Clinton administration to consider for jobs. Huang was included on the lists for jobs at the Treasury, State and Commerce Departments. NPR's Peter Overby reports.

NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on a plague that is threatening the sunny image of Beverly Hills. Something is causing some of the city's signature palm trees to lose their heads. The tops, or crowns, of a number of trees have simply broken off and crashed to the ground. But with $1.5 million in its "urban forestry" budget, the city is working hard to root out the cause and keep it from spreading. After all, just imagine what a palm crown weighing a ton and a half could do if it fell on someone's Ferrari!

as the Moscow summit meeting between the two nations ends today. Washington has given the summit its blessing, hoping that an alliance between China and Russia would be beneficial to American relations with both.

with a report on how the Internet can be helpful for families looking for private financial aid. More than a billion dollars a year in such aid is available from private organizations, and the World Wide Web is an excellent place to begin the search. [The web sites for the financial aid search services mentioned in the piece are >www.fastweb.com and www.finaid.com]

that the level of the Red River has dropped slightly. While sandbagging and dike patrols continue, residents are hopeful that the worst has passed and clean-up can soon begin.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Leana Wen, an emergency physician and public health professor at George Washington University, about the aim for the FDA to certify the vaccines for more than emergency use.

Mexico is suing U.S. gun manufacturers over the flood of illicit guns in the country. The government wants compensation for the "massive damage" that this flow of illegal weapons has caused.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Pakistan's National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf about an international approach that would establish safe havens inside Afghanistan's borders.

Since being drafted in 2009, Johnson has played in four professional football leagues and played for 13 NFL teams. The Jets are welcoming the veteran back this season. He played there in 2015.