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The FBI has arrested one of its own on charges of spying for Moscow. Earl Edwin Pitts, who has been with the FBI for 13 years, is accused of taking more than 200-thousand dollars to spy for the Soviet Union, beginning in 1987. NPR's Chitra Ragavan reports that Pitts was arrested at work at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, today. Pitts faces attempted espionage and conspiracy charges that could put him in prison for life.

The Great Plains spent today digging out from under a three-day blizzard, part of a winter storm moving as far south as the Gulf Coast and expected to reach the East Coast by the weekend. In the snow-laden Dakotas, truckers stranded at interstate rest stops were seeking solace in hot showers. Mark Zdechlik of Minnesota Public Radio reports.

Country Music performer CHARLIE LOUVIN. In the 1950's, He and his brother Ira Louvin were were regulars at the Grand Olde Opry.Ira was later killed in a car accident. Charlie has recently re-recorded many of their hits which are featured on his new CD "The Longest Train" released by Watermelon Records.

Gillian Sharpe reports from The Hague that the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal has begun considering all the evidence from the first trial. Prosecution and defense attornies wrapped up their arguments today in the case of a Bosnian Serb, Dusan Tadic, who is accused of crimes against humanity.

On the steps of the Supreme Court today, activists for both sides of the assisted-suicide issue held demonstrations while the Justices heard arguments. Members of the Hemlock Society, which advocates the right to suicide, debated disabled-rights activists who fear legalized suicide could lead to euthanasia. NPR's Phillip Davis reports.

which finds that black patients with serious heart disease are less likely to undergo heart bypass surgery, than white patients with similar symptoms. The study says that fact may explain the higher death rate from heart disease among black patients.

Linda talks with NPR's Steven Inskeep about continuing negotiations in Washington to avert a possible strike by pilots at American Airlines. Talks continue on a new contract, but there's been no significant progress on issues such as pay increases and whether lower-paid pilots for American Eagle, American's subsidiary for shorter flights, would be allowed to fly a new generation of smaller planes for regional traffic. The strike deadline is midnight Friday.

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would have on the major hubs it serves and on the business and vacation travelers who use those hubs. Not only would American Airlines, its employees. and the cities in which they live lose money. But cruise ship lines, hotels, and resorts in other places would sustain losses as well.

minister charge over taxes and customs. Yeltsin hopes this order will be the key to cracking down on economic crime. The Russian president also ruled out changes to the constitution suggested by his foes, that would reduce Yeltsin's power.

The Dow Jones industrial average has gone up 500 points in the last six weeks. This rally is causing analysts to ask whether the market is overvalued, as they wonder when these gains will slow down or stop. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports.

special assistant to the new U.N. Secretary General, about the challenges facing Kofi Annan.