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Jacki speaks with Paulette Giles, author of "Northern Spirit," (Hungry Minds Press, Doubleday Canada) her account of seven years of living among the Ojibway and Cree Indians in Canada's north woods. Giles says she discovered and learned to appreciate a world apart during her years in the wilderness.

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.

The Food and Drug Administration suspends more than two dozen gene-therapy studies after a second child in a French genetic experiment is diagnosed with leukemia. Hear NPR's Bob Edwards and Richard Knox.

NPR's Renee Montagne talks with Mat Gissel, who was recently crowned the National Monopoly Champion. This weekend in Toronto Canada, Gissel and champions from 29 other countries will compete for the title world's greatest monopoly player, and $15,140 dollars in real prize money.

NPR's Sarah Chayes reports from Biarritz, France on today's meeting between newly elected Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica and 15 European Union heads of state. The group offered support to the new president for rebuilding the war-torn country.

It's not the most orthodox of majors, but a small college in Vermont is now offering a degree in adventure recreation. With a boom in so-called adventure travel, the business of leading and outfitting demanding wilderness trips is among the fastest-growing segments of the travel industry. Some students want to make a career of it. Pippin Ross reports.

NPR's Barbara Bradley reports that the recent FBI spy scandal has caused the agency to consider testing its employees more often with polygraphs. The benefit is that a spy has less chance to pass information to the enemy. The cost is that a false-positive rate of about 15 percent can ruin the lives of innocent people.

Noah Adams and Linda Wertheimer read from listeners letters. This week subjects include our series on the Oil Century, the Paper Clip Project in Tennessee and the destruction of Buddha statues in Afghanistan. (Please send comments to Letters, ATC, 635 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 2001; or by E-mail to atc@npr.org.)

Women in Baharain voted for the first time this week in a two-day referendum on political reforms. It's the first referendum in that Persian Gulf country since it gained independence from Great Britain in 1971. Linda Werthheimer talks with Howard Schneider, Cairo bureau chief for the Washington Post about politics in Bahrain and conclusion of the vote.

NPR's Larry Abramson reports Americans have been much more reluctant than the Japanese to surf the Web from their cell phones. It's likely to stay that way, as long as Internet access from wireless phones is slower and more costly than from a home computer.

Russell Lewis of member station KPBS reports on what is known about the 15-year old suspect in the Santana High School shooting. People who knew him said he was an angry youth who'd been bullied because of his size and personality.

He says, Democrat Woodrow Wilson's victory over Republican Charles Evans Hughes led to World War Two, 30 years later.

- Daniel talks with Rutgers University Biology Professor Joanna Burger about contaminated fish. The EPA released a study this week saying state contaminated fish advisories are increasing. Most of this is due to increased reporting. But Dr. Burger says people should watch the amount of fish they consume, especially pregnant women.

- Daniel talks to Harvard historian Richard Pipes about Russia's chances of becoming a true democracy someday. Pipes says the road to democracy will be a long process. He sees Russians' views on religion and private property ownership as two major obstacles to Russia developing into a democratic society.

- In New York City, there's one particular group of people known for its expertise in building skyscrapers...they are Native Americans from the Mohawk tribe. NPR's Margot Adler has this report on a recent reunion of "skywalkers" who gathered in the shadows of some of Manhattan's tallest buildings, to talk about their lives and work.

today pitting federal campaign finance law against the First Amendment right of free speech.

Commentator David Cole, a professor at Georgetown University Law School, says the House of Representatives did the right thing in removing many of the more controversial provisions in the anti-terrorism bill. He says the bill that passed isn't perfect, but its a big improvement on the invasive bill that was first proposed.

Janet Reno announces that has been charged. NPR's Howard Berkes reports that the FBI has arrested and charged a man suspected of being the Unabomber. Theodore Kaczynski was chargeed in Helena, Montana with possession of materials to make a bomb... but the FBI says he may be the man responsible for 15 bombing attacks that have left 3 people dead.

Attorney General Janet Reno says the Clinton Administration is committed to affirmative action. In a speech in Birmingham Alabama, Reno outlined four areas that the Justice Department will pursue to improve civil rights for minorities. The speech was in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, which was today.

concerned about what they see as an explosion of incivility and cynicism in public life, have called for more manners and civic involvement.

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NPR's Eric Weiner reports from Jerusalem that though it has been obvious for weeks that an Israeli pullout of troops from Hebron would occur, the final signing of an agreement by Prime Minister Netanyahu and Yasser Arafat early today still came as a shock to die-hard settlers who feel the deal was a betrayal by the Prime Minister they helped elect.

of the >Washington Post, about the troubles of Oksana Baiul. The Olympic champion figure skater was charged with drunk and reckless driving early Sunday morning after crashing her car.

Alan Cheuse has a review of a new short novel called "Love Warps the Mind a Little" by John Dufresne (DOO-frane). It's the story of a love affair between an eccentric would-be writer and his dying psychotherapist. (2:15) (STATIONS: "Love Warps the Mind a Little" is published by W.W. No

- Korva speaks with Labor Historian Alan Draper, who says the ease with which President Clinton stepped in to avert the American Airlines strike is yet another sign that organized labor in the United States is still weak, despite rumors of a comeback under new AFL-CIO chief John Sweeny.