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of the stock market. The market continues to soar, despite predictions of downturns. Experts disagree whether it could go even higher or is ready for a decline.

NPR's Michelle Trudeau reports on a study concerning patients with moderately severe Alzheimer's Disease. It seems that those who were given vitamin E -- which protects brain cells -- progressed more slowly to the more debilitating stages of the disease.

Ray talks with Beth Luman, a statistician with the fetal alcohol syndrome prevention section of the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. They discuss a study that indicates the levels of harmful drinking by pregnant women increased fourfold between 1991 and 1995.

in the state of Hesse, Germany... near Frankfurt where Chancellor Helmut Kohl received a much-needed boost in support. Some see the election results as a modest endorsement for the reform policies of Kohl, who's been Chancellor for the past 14 years.

about the latest revelations about White House fund-raising.

insists he did nothing improper or illegal in helping the Clinton-Gore reelection campaign raise millions of dollars. In defending his fund raising activities, Gore said his role in raising campaign money was the same as that performed by previous Vice Presidents. But, he said, in the future he no longer will make fund raising telephone calls from the White House.

NPR's Mara Liasson reports on President Clinton's defense today of his choice of overnight White House guests. The President said that the vast majority were personal friends, but that it was "entirely appropriate" to invite political contributors as well. He also broadly defended the use of coffees to entertain donors, saying they abided by "strict legal advice" about what could be done inside the White House.

Reviewer Alan Cheuse examines a new novel by Toronto poet Anne Michaels. Fugitive Pieces is a fictional memoir of a poet who survived the Holocaust. It's an impressionistic look at language and pleasure which Cheuse says could become a new classic. (STATIONS: Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels is published by Knopf.)

NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports on the most widely used school-based drug education program in the nation, Drug Abuse Resistance Education, known as DARE. DARE is a "just say no" curriculum taught in middle schools by police officers. Critics of the program say the DARE approach is too limited to be effective, especially with children who are likely to use drugs. Research released Monday by the US Department of Education confirms the program does not change kids' attitudes and behavior in the long term. But DARE is popular with schools and with Clinton's top drug advisors, who say it should continue to receive federal suppport.

Danny talks to California's Director of the Health Services Department, Kim Belshay, about the new, $63 million anti-smoking ad campaign that the state will begin airing this week. Belshay says these ads are the hardest-hitting spots they have ever produced and that their main target is young people.

after Scottish scientists announced over the weekend that they'd successfully cloned a sheep. The future of the process is in question. It appears that it would work on other animals, possibly even humans, but most see that as unethical and unacceptable. But researchers say the development could provide valuable information for human health and diseases.

to reform campaign contribution laws, some corporations are looking for a way to curb political donations themselves. Most corporations don't believe Congress will pass any reform this year. There is currently no limit to how much soft money a company can contribute, only what a politician dares ask for.

who has come up with the idea of a C.D. of soothing sounds to quiet screaming babies. The C.D. is called " >For Crying out loud: Unlikely sounds to calm your baby".

about baseball's dilemma about where in this country Japanese superstar Hideki Irabu should play.

Richard Downes reports from South AFrica where President Mandela says there has been encouraging signs of progress for the ending of the Zairean conflict.

with chronic heart trouble, President Boris Yeltsin may be on the way back. But he faces several major hurdles in the next weeks.

In the last installment in our drug prevention series, NPR's Vicky Que (KWAY) talks to school administrators and educational experts about marketing the good -- or at least, effective -- prevention programs to get more of them into more of the nation's schools. There are thousands of school districts, but only a few hundred have effective drug education programs.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports on the opening of two days of debate in the Senate on the Chemical Weapons Convention. The vote for ratification...which requires a two thirds majority...looks as though it will be close. It takes place tomorrow. The treaty got some unexpected supported today from former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole.

a look at new Food and Drug Administration regulations regarding cigarette sales that went into effect today. The rules require retailers to ask for a photo I.D. for all customers buying cigarettes who look younger than 27. Failure to comply could cost store owners $250. President Clinton argues the new rules will actually help retailers, since they won't have to guess the age of those buying cigarettes.

NPR's Wendy Kaufman visits with some teenage smokers to gauge their reaction to new Federal rules aimed at curbing teenage smoking. Retailers are now required to inspect the I.D.'s of all those under 27 years of age.

Storyteller Carmen Deedy explores the unexpected in "Twisting in the Wind of Semantics," a story about how a small miscommunication between herself and her mother lead to chaos.

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the birth of Charles Mingus. As an instrumentalist, he became known as "the Segovia of the bass" and championed the unwieldy instrument as a solo voice in jazz groups. He became one of the first bassists to lead his own group. But perhaps he made his greatest mark as a composer. He was inspired by Ellington and carried that great composer's ideas to new levels in the nearly 300 works Mingus left behind. Karen Michel (mih-SHELL) has this report on the life and music of one of America's true jazz innovators. (8:00) ((ST

Commentator Lenore Skenazy says that E-mails and their lack of personal encounter are causing a revival of the water cooler meeting, and that's a good thing.

this week, to ask the U.S. to include his country in NAFTA. President Clinton supports the idea, but many Democrats would rather not expand the free trade agreement.

that the level of the Red River has dropped slightly. While sandbagging and dike patrols continue, residents are hopeful that the worst has passed and clean-up can soon begin.