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. Today, the Ford Motor Company will produce its two-hundred-and 50-millionth vehicle, AND this year marks the one hundredth birthday of automobile production in the U.S. We'll hear from Ralph NAder, New York City's traffic commissioner, a car loving poet, and from Tom and Ray, the hosts of Car Talk.

inside the British army's headquarters in Lisburn. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.

You can lose your wallet, you can forget your PINs and passwords, but you can't lose your fingerprints or the sound of your voice. NPR's Dan Charles reports that new technologies are taking advantage of these built-in identifiers to develop fool-proof methods for making sure you are who you say you are. Some critics worry they also make it too easy to invade one's privacy.

Tess Vigeland of member station WBUR reports that the Boston Latin School has settled out of court with a family that sued the school to protest a special entrance provision for minority students. As part of the settlement, the city's school board will drop special racial admissions categories for the city's prestigious Boston Latin School, and for two other top schools. The student and her family sued after she was denied admission despite receiving higher test scores than some minority students who were admitted.

Bob Dole's campaign bus rolled through a rainy New Jersey today. Attempting to capitalize on what aides characterize a strong showing in the first presidential debate, the Republican nominee hopes his tax cut plan and focus on trust will appeal to the state's swing voters. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

Liane speaks with NPR's Ted Clark about relations between the United tates and China, one of the big foreign sotries of the past year that will have any repercussions during 1997.

Current World Chess Champion GARRY KASPAROV. (CASS-par-ov). This past spring in Philadelphia in a well publisized match, Kasparov beat IBM's Deep Blue, which was considered the most competitve chess computer to date. Kasparov recently has been promoting chess as a learning tool in schools. Recently in New York, Kasparov told grade school students that chess is a positive alternative to video games. These words, come as Kasparov promotes his new chess computer game "Talking Coach Kasparov" by Saitek. It has the unique feature of having an electronic chess tutor talk to you when you're in trouble. Kasparov was born in Moscow and was an outspoken critic of communism during the Cold War. After the fall of the Soviet Union, Kasparov in addition to playing world class competitive chess he is also the co-founder of "Democratic Russia" a political movment that supported Boris Yeltsin's election as President.

CIA official Harold Nicholson pleaded not guilty to a spying charge today. Nicholson is accused of providing Russia with U.S. classified documents and revealing the identities of agents during the last two years. NPR's Paul Miller reports.

Sonny Bono talks about his music career and his experience working with music producer Phil Specter. Bono first gained national fame as half of the "Sonny and Cher" entertainment couple. The two were married but later divorced. We'll hear about the Cher years in the second half of the show. After leaving the music business, He entered politics. He was elected as Mayor of Palm Springs, California from 1988-1992. In 1994, As a Republican from California's 44th Congressional District he was elected to the U.S House of Represenatives. Earlier this month, He won re-election to Congress. This interview was originally aired 7/17 and 7/18 in 1991.

Instead of fighting off rebel assaults, the Zairean army is looting and pillaging and generally contributing to the country falling apart.

Robert talks about Wall Street slang, and what it really means...from a "downturn" to a "dip" to "the c-word."

that the EPA is expected to issue as early as today. The new rules will be costly and are expected to trigger a political fight.