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A jury today awarded punitive damages in the amount of 25 million dollars to the Brown and Goldman families in the O.J. Simpson wrongful death civil trial. NPR's Ina Jaffe talks with Robert about the effect this award will have on the financial status of Mr. Simpson, what Simpson's options are regarding an appeal, and what the families' reactions appear to be to the judgment.

The huge waves that pound northern California beaches in the off-season are known to surfers as "the dogs of winter." A new psychological thriller called "The Dogs of Winter," by Kem Nunn, follows a surfer-photographer on what may be his last assignment. Alan Cheuse has the review. (STATIONS: "The Dogs of Winter" is published by Scribner's. "Kem" in author name is cq.)

Robert speaks with Willi Korte (KOR-tay), a lawyer and World War II historian, about the announcement that Switzerland's three largest banks are setting up a fund in memory of Holocaust victims. Korte discusses the nature of Switzerland's neutrality during the war - Switzerland sheltered some Jewish refugees, but turned away others. It also accommodated offices for both the OSS and German intelligence agencies. Korte says the big question is how much of the billions of dollars worth of gold and art that flowed through Switzerland during the war is still there.

of the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, about the impact Hispanic voters had on this election.

Journalist PHILIP GOUREVITCH (Gur-RAY-vitch) who is based in Rwanda. He writes frequently on the region for The New Yorker. He's currently working on a book about Rwanda and the aftermath of the 1994 civil war. Last week GOUREVITCH was in Zaire. He'll talk with Marty Moss-Coane about the political backdrop to the current conflict in Zaire. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE

a member of Armed Services Committee, about the possible deployment of U.S. troops to Bosnia. The Senator, and the rest of his committee, was briefed yesterday by Defense Secretary William Perry.

Robert talks with NPR's Martha Raddatz about the possible new commitment of U.S. troops in Bosnia. They discuss how the mission will be defined, what its goals and objectives will be, and how the troops will operate on the ground in Bosnia. Also, they'll talk about the foreign policy credibility of the Clinton Administration and the Pentagon and what each hopes to accomplish with this new deployment of troops.

Texaco announced it has reached a 176 million dollar settlement in a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by African American employees. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with Dr. ansine Kaba (lahn-see-NEH KAH-bah) about the immediate problem of returning efugees in Zaire, and the longer-term challenge of how the international ommunity and countries in Central Africa might resolve the region's political onflicts. Kaba is the Dean of the Honors College and a professor of History and frican-American studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Commentator Iain Guest - of the United States Institute of Peace - says what happened in Rwanda in 1994 was genocide, and we are facing a catastrophe in Zaire because we didn't take action then. He says this shows us why a policy to fight genocide...whenever and wherever it occurs...must be in place.

Scott speaks with NPR's Jennifer Ludden about refugees caughtin the fighting between Rwanda and Zaire.

The Mendi Bible was stolen this week from the library of former President John Quincy Adams. It was an important piece of history in the anti-slavery movement. Scott speaks with historian Paul Nagle.