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NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Moscow on Russian President Boris Yeltsin's manuevers to improve his chances of re-election in next month's run-off. Yeltsin appointed former general Alexander Lebed ((LEH-bed)) to the Security Council. In turn, Lebed pledged his support to Yeltsin in the final round of voting. In the first round, Lebed came in third behind Yeltsin and Communist candidate Gennady Zyuganov ((gen-NAH-dee zyu-GAH-noff)). Zyuganov had also wooed Lebed for his support.

Commentator Kevin Kling is running in "Grandma's Marathon" again this year, up in Duluth, Minnesota. He'll be running despite memories of his near-death experience the last time he made an attempt.

Commentator David Crystal notes the tangle of meanings that can result when Americans and Britons converse and use the same language differently.

Orange County, California finally emerged from bankruptcy protection yesterday. And they didn't have to raise any new taxes. To get out of the red, the county sold $880 million worth of bonds. The county's fiscal troubles started when a former treasurer lost almost one-point-seven million dollars in a high-risk investment strategy.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Florence, Italy, where an international conference is reviewing the progress of peace in the former Yugoslavia. The fighting has stopped, the armies are separated and the one-year-long NATO mission is nearly half over. Two important issues are on the agenda in Florence: finding a solution to re-settling an estimated two-million people uprooted by the war, and deciding whether the elections scheduled for September should be held.

Scott speaks with NPR's Phillip Davis about this morning's bombing in Manchester, England.

- NPR's John Nielsen reports on the latest escalation in the Whitewater investigation. A leaked report by the Republican majority of the Senate Whitewater Committee concludes that the first lady obstructed Senate investigations into White House Deputy Counsel Vincent Foster's death. It also suggests that White House aides gave inaccurate testimony during the Whitewater hearings in order to conceal her actions.

- Daniel talks with clinical psychologist Dr.Sherry Turkle about how the Internet has transformed the way people define themselves. Because people are able to take on code names and virtual personas on-line, they are able to take on roles they may have never explored before. Although some people may argue that this is unhealthy, Dr.Turkle insists that it can actually be therapeutic. Her new book on the subject is called "Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet" (Simon & Schuster).

Robert talks with Leon Aron (AH-rohn), a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, about his assessment of Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Aron says that negatives about Yeltsin are exaggerated and that Russians associate two very positive things with Yeltsin; that lines for goods have disappeared, and that the ruble is now a valued, exchangeable currency.

, Trent Lott of Mississippi, and the other conservative Republicans who assumed leadership positions yesterday. Senator Lott assured his colleagues on both sides of the aisle that he will treat them fairly and refrain from undue partisanship.

Hillary Rodham Clinton has sent the Senate Whitewater committee written answers to the panel's last-minute questions about her actions related to Whitewater. Mrs Clinton told the committee today she did not know how billing records for her legal work showed up at the White House after being lost for two years. Her lawyer, David Kendall, has criticized committee Republicans for leaking conclusions of their final report before they received Mrs. Clinton's written answers. Kendall says the leaks make it clear that the conclusions were reached without regard to the facts. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Florence, Italy, where more than 40 nations have concluded their review of the peace process in Bosnia. The final statement calls for the ouster of Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic (RAH-doh-vahn KARE-uh-ditch). It also sets September 14th as the date for national elections.