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BBC middle east correspondant Stepher Sackur (SACK-er) reports on a Jordanian family that was forced to leave Jordan and emigrate to Israel because of the name they chose for their baby.

Scott remembers former NBC news reporter/anchor John Chancellor, who died last night at the age of 68.

One of the nicest men in baseball, the Minnesota Twins All-Star outfielder Kirby Puckett is being forced to retire because of fading eyesight. Minnesota Public Radio's William Willcoxsin reports.

- George Offman in Chicago joins Daniel live to follow the horse race that, if it wins, will enable the horse Cigar to set the world record for most consecutive wins this century. That record was set by the horse Citation in 1950.

2: A new monologue by DAVID SEDARIS. "Drama Bug" was featured on This American Life, a nationally broadcast radio program hosted by Ira Glass and produced at WBEZ in Chicago. SEDARIS is a playwright, NPR commentator and a house cleaner. Now known nationally for his humor writing, he launched his radio commentator career with his "SantaLand Diaries," broadcast during NPR's "Morning Edition in 1992. His humor has been described as a "caustic mix of J. D. Salinger and John Waters." (THIS IS NOT INTE

- Robert Smith of member station K-U-O-W in Seattle reports on a unique neighborhood program where neighbors barter with each other, goods and services. Someone who does handy work can exchange his skills for drum lessons from a neighbor who plays in a band.

(VERONICA CHAMBERS INTERVIEW CONTINUED)REV./INT. : Fresh Air's TV critic, DAVID BIANCULLI. His new book is "The Dictionary of Teleliteracy: Television's 500 Biggest Hits, Misses, and Events" (Continuum). It explores the shows and events that have had the biggest impact--good and bad--on American culture. From the funeral of JFK to Hee Haw, the book provides background and context for the America's most memorable TV moments. BIANCULLI also reviews television for the New York Daily News.

NPR's Melissa Block reports on a memorial held today for the victims of TWA Flight 800. Relatives and friends were taken to a point of land closest to the crash site, where they threw flowers into the sea to remember their love ones.

and crash that killed 230 people. Searchers got a big break yesterday when they located a 30-by-60 foot section of the plane's fuselage... they also recovered six more bodies. The investigation has been hampered by bad weather, and mechanical and logistical problems.

Robert Siegel talks to Christopher Floss, editor of Jane's Land Based Air-Defense - a book on military weapons. Floss talks about speculation that a surface to air missiles was responsible for the downing of TWA flight 800. He says that although it would be very difficult for soemone to obtain a surface to air missile, and its use requires very special training-- it is possible.

NPR's Ann Cooper explains what's at stake in this ednesday's presidential runoff election in Russia.

- Daniel talks with John White, a professor of political science at Catholic University in Washington D.C....and Ruy Teixiera (ROO-e tuh-SHARE-uh) of the Economic Policy Institute, also in Washington. Today is the 25th anniversary of the 26th Amendment to the Consitution. It's the one that gave 18 year olds the right to vote. Both men say that the percentage of 18-20 year olds who acutally vote has dropped since the Amendment was approved in 1971.