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Madeline Brand of member station WBGO in Newark reports on a proposal in the NJ state legislature which would force applicants for drivers licenses to take their test in English. New Jersey currently offers the test in a dozen languages.

Daniel talks to Ariel Bloch and Chana Bloch, who have retranslated one of the books of the Bible, the Song of Songs. Traditionally read during the Jewish festival of Passover, it is a passionate love poem that takes place during the spring.

NPR's Maria Hinojosa revisits a Cuban family she last saw boarding a makeshift raft headed towards the United States. Nine months later the family has settled in Miami, but they are far from happy with their new life.

Mike O'Connor reports from Sarajevo that Bosnian Serb forces have surrounded the so-called safe haven of Zhepa and can take it any time. The Serbs earlier this week took another safe area, the village of Srebrenica.

continuing military exercises off the coast of Taiwan.

Commentator Ona [OH-nah] Sipporin was in Alaska this week -- to see part of the Iditarod Dog Sled Race. While in the Village of Takatna [tah-KAHT-nah], she saw a community turn out in force to offer hospitality and warmth to the mushers and their dogs.

Linda and Robert read letters from All Things Considered listeners. (3:15) To contact All Things Considered, write to All Things Considered Letters, 635 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington DC 20001. The e-mail address is atc@npr.org.

NPR's Richard Knox reports from Durban, South Africa on a little-noticed study at this year's AIDS Conference. It found that the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, or HIV, is older than anyone suspected.

After a Florida jury announced a $145 billion verdict against the nation's biggest tobacco companies, the companies' lawyers say they will appeal. They also say, that if forced to pay, the settlement will bankrupt the tobacco giants. Anti-smoking activists disagree. NPR's Jim Zarolli reports.

NPR's Scott Horsley reports on yesterday's stock market rally, based on expectations that the Federal Reserve will not raise interest rates for a seventh straight time, when the Fed Board meets next week.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Peter Richmond, author and sports columnist for GQ magazine about the first two weeks of the NFL season.

- NPR's Phillip Davis reports from London that a bomb has exploded in Manchester, England today (Saturday) injuring about 200 people. No one has claimed responsibility for the bombing, but British Prime Minister John Major blames the Irish Repubican Army.

- Jazz great Ella Fitzergald - America's "First Lady of Song" - died today. She was 78 years old. Fitzgerald had been in declining health for years. Howard Mandel (Howard MAN-duhl) reports.

NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that Israel's bombing of Lebanon over the past days has had the effect, in part, of shoring up support for Shimon Peres in the upcoming June election.

the latest movement of Hutu refugees toward the Rwandan border.

backed away from its promised reform of Mexico's electoral system.

The price of a college education has tripled in the last two decades. It's harder for poor families to meet the rising costs. NPR'S Claudio Sanchez profiles one student at the University of Maryland and her attempts to make it through.

NPR's Emily Harris reports that President Bush's energy priority is to make the U.S. energy-independent. But environmentalists say that means Mr. Bush will put too much emphasis on increasing supplies, and not enough on conservation.

Demand has soared for the type of dog that fatally attacked a California woman. Vincent Duffy of member station WKSU reports that breeders are resisting this new clientele who seek big, vicious dogs.

NPR's Brian Naylor reports on a new program instituted in Maryland by which the state pays farmers to stop growing tobacco. Some farmers are switching to other crops, while others have no intention of changing.

The U.S. Navy was at pains today to explain why it waited several days to release details regarding the presence of civilians on board the attack submarine Greeneville last Friday. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports from the Pentagon.

NPR's Eric Weiner tells Linda Wertheimer that the latest information about the accident between a U.S. submarine and a Japanese fishing vessel off the coast of Hawaii is dominating the news in Japan.

Reviewer Tom Moon looks at a new movement in rock music. It is an antidote to loud, grungy guitar music. It's called "Sadcore". The music is slow, mournful, and introspective. Moon looks at the music of Mark Eitzel, Mojave 3 and Spain. (5:15) ((ST

targets in southern and eastern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut.

presidential election and legislation before Congress.