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Linda and Robert talk with Michael Kelly, editor of the New Republic, and Gerry Seib of the Wall Street Journal, about issues raised at Clinton's press conference, from forming a new cabinet to the future of campaign finance reform.

Nationally, House Speaker Newt Gingrich is something of a whipping post for Democratic candidates up and down the ballot. But at home, his opponent, a cookie magnate, is resisting tough talk about Gingrich. NPR's David Molpus reports.

Linda talks with NPR's legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg about the right to die, and other issues and cases before the Supreme Court in this year's session, which began today.

David Baron reports on the three U.S. scientists who won the Nobel Prize in physics for the discovery of a form of helium that has shed unexpected light on the first moments of the universe...and a form of helium called Helium-3 has properties called superfludity at extremely low temperatures. the two Texans and the British chemist who won the prize in chemistry for discovery of a carbon molecule that sparked a new field of study.

Commentator Michele Mitchell says the Democrats and Republicans may not want Ross Perot or any other 3rd party candidate in the presidential debates...but that's not going to stem the flow of young voters from seeking alternatives to the major parties.

that is, to borrow dollars against the prize money they expect to be given. He did this...and avoided further losses of $50,000.

With the renewed focus on the violent lyrics of gangsta rap after the death of Tupac Shakur, a group of Minneapolis rappers -- who call their collective Head Shots -- say they want to take rap back to its roots...and away from the corporate music industry they say has corrupted it. Chris Roberts reports.

The campaign reform group Common Cause today asked for an independent counsel to investigate what it called "an illegal scheme" on the part of both the Republican and Democratic parties to circumvent campaign finance laws by buying television ads that presidential candidates Bob Dole and President Clinton should have paid for, because the ads weren't for party-building, but were meant to support the candidates. NPR's Peter Overby reports.

NPR's Ann Cooper reports from the United Nations on the signing today of a treaty banning nuclear testing. The United States was the first to sign the treaty and following the signing, President Clinton delivered his annual address to the U.N. General Assembly. He called for all countries to get toughter on terrorists and drug traffickers.

The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty signed today at the United Nations bans nuclear tests in the atmosphere and underground, and it sets up a monitoring system to spot violations. There are flaws, however. A provision in the treaty requires legislative ratification in 44 potential nuclear states. India has refused to sign until all countries with nuclear weapons devise a timetable for destroying all their weapons. NPR's Ted Clark reports that despite those flaws, the treaty is a political consensus that will apply pressure for all countries to comply.

Commentator Daniel Pinkwater attempts to donate books to his local public library, but his philanthropy is defeated by an officious librarian.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from the Philippines on the gruesome scandal centering on the sexual exploitation of children in that nation, and the awakening concern about it by the Philippine government and the Catholic Church.