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NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports from Goma, Zaire that tens of thousands of Rwandan refugees suddenly began flooding back to Rwanda today. The dramatic development came after an exiled Rwandan Hutu militia abandoned a vast refugee camp a few miles outside of Goma. For the past two years the Hutu militiamen had prevented the refugees from returning to Rwanda, whose Tutsi-led government is fighting the exiles. The breakthrough comes as the international community finalizes plans for a multinational force to help get food and medicine to those refugees remaining in Zaire.

NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports the District of Columbia Control Board has fired Washington's superintendent of schools, and is taking most powers away from the city's elected Board of Education. The Control Board--empowered by Congress to manage the city's affairs due to Washington's severe financial crisis--recently issued a report saying the city's school are in a state of crisis. Today, they appointed a 9-member panel to try to save the city's school system.

David Baron examines why ongoing threats to the world's largest tropical forest now are receiving considerably less public attention than previously.

Pentagon scientists say they've found evidence of ice at the moon's south pole. The finding means it might be easier to establish human colonies on the moon. But the moon's south pole is a foreboding piece of real estate -- it's perpetually dark and ultra-cold. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

Monologuist SPALDING GRAY. Since 1979 he's been performing monologues about his life and anxieties before audiences: "Swimming to Cambodia" was about the Vietnam war and his acting part in the film "The Killing Fields," "Monster in a Box" was about writing/vacation and Hollywood, and "Gray's Anatomy" was about an eye ailment. In all, GRAY has written and performed 15 monologues. His latest is considered his most confessional, "It's a Slippery Slope" about the breakup of his marriage, an affair, and the birth of his first child. In a New York Times review, Peter Marks writes "with a baby to distract him, the monologuist seems to have begun a dialogue. It's a hopeful omen in a clear-eyed and life-affirming performance piece." (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE

Computer and software makers are cutting back on technical support. Two magazines surveyed readers recently...and both found complaints about technical support up sharply. The reason? Tech support is expensive to provide and it's hard to see how it will pay for itself. Also at issue is the freeloader problem: as the industry cuts back, no one wants to pick up everyone else's tab. NPR's John McChesney reports.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports from Moscow that political infighting in the Kremlin has flared up again. It had been quiet in the Russian capital following President Yeltsin's heart operation until today, when that calm was shattered by a report in a respected newspaper. The paper published what it says is a detailed transcript of a bugged meeting by Yeltsin aides talking about illegal campaign paryments during the presidential campaign in June.

- NPR's Eric Weiner reports from Jerusalem on a real estate trend in that city which some say could endanger hopes of a lasting peace there. Traditionally, Jewish Israelis have lived on the west side of the city and Palestinians have lived on the east side. But recently a private Jewish group has begun buying properties on the east side and renting them to Jewish families. And critics warn that the trend is only adding to tensions between Arabs and Israelis.

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in St. Petersburg last night. A grand jury decided against charging a white police officer over the shooting death of a black motorist last month that sparked widespread unrest.

Susan Goodman reports on a drug treatment program in Maryland hat combines traditional approaches to treatment in an effort to curb repeat ffenders.

are preparing to work together for another four years. Mr. Clinton says he plans on moving towards the "vital center." Republicans are eyeing such plans with caution, but they approve of Mr. Clinton's call for a bi- partisan cabinet.