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the FBI found in Unabomber suspect Theo Kaczynski's shack.

NPR's Ted Clark looks at the history of the armistice in Korea, and why 43 years ago North and South Korea would not agree to peace. In 1953, the South Koreans objected to peace, but today it is the North that is balking.

Commentator Marion Winik and her two sons have been learning about grief over the last year and a half. Winik's husband was sick with AIDS and killed himself in August of 1994.

The glorious Miss Piggy squares off with Linda,as they discuss her cookbook including recipes of certain dishes Miss Piggy was loath to discuss, and her great love for CHOCOLATE!

NPR's Richard Harris reports that dinosaur bone hunter Paul Sereno today unveiled his latest finds, including the skeleton of a huge meat-eating dinosaur that once roamed what is now Africa. Sereno and his colleagues unearthed the remains while hunting for dinosaur bones in the Sahara. The creature is giving scientists a better picture of dinosaur evolution.

An audio diary recorded by a teenager growing up in Queens, New York as she tries to convince her parents that her relationship with another girl is not just a stage. Producer Joe Richman's Teenage Diaries series will continue the first Monday of every month beginning in June.

Commentator David Crystal examines the use of "baby-talk" in the English language.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon about the pandemic and Scottish independence at the Aspen Security Forum.

Daniel talks with NPR's Tom Gjelten about preparations at The Hague for Bosnia war crimes trials. A two week investigation into alleged slaughters outside Srebrenica ended yesterday. Investigators returned to The Hague with bags of physical evidence which will be used at the trials, the first of which begin in May. Only a handful of suspects are actually in custody.

Robert talks to David Armstrong, a reporter for the Boston Globe, about how the Massachusetts Department of Social Services has been allowing convicted criminals to become foter parents. Armstrong has reported that convicted rapists, spouse abusers, and robbers have been approved as foster parents. Today, the department said that it will no longer allow waivers for convicted criminals to take in foster children.

Commentator Elissa Ely was proud of the authority her white, medical coat gave her when she first wore it. But then she realized the coat can intimidate patients and that sometimes it's better to take it off.

NPR's Eric Weiner looks at how the cease-fire between the Israeli's and Hezbollah might now effect the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

NPR's Linda Gradstein looks at historical and religious strains in Hebron, and how those complicate Isreal's partial pullout the city. Muslims and Jews alike view it as the birthplace of their respective faiths, and neither side wants to withdraw an inch.

New Congressional Budget Office (CBO) numbers suggests the Medicare may be deeper in the red. They've long said it will go broke sooner -- in the year 2001 instead of 2002. Now, others are saying the same thing. An unexpected increase in hospitalizations is only one possible factor. In an election year, this sort of information gets played by Democrats and Republicans, who offer different solutions to the problem. NPR's Joanne Silberner has this report.

Linda talks with Erik Larson, a staff writer for Time Magazine, about the illegal firearms market and how Chinese (and other) illegal weapons find a market in the United States. The traders bringing these weapons into the country are selling a large number of them to dealers for the gun shows that tour the nation. Yesterday's seizure of two thousand automatic weapons from China has brought the problem of illegal firearms trading into the national spotlight. (Larson is the author of "Lethal Passage," published in paperback last year by Vintage Books.)

for failure to control the actions of their teenage son. They're the first parents to be tried under the city's new "Parental Responsibilities Act." While only a misdemeanor offense, the couple may be liable for thousands of dollars in damages for the crimes committed by their son.

Heavy rains have caused flooding in three Midwestern states. Hundreds of residents who live along the Mississippi have been evacuated from their homes. Robert Siegel talks with East St. Louis mayor Gordon Bush about floods which have inundated his city.

to ban carrying oxygen canisters as cargo on passenger plans. Decision comes in wake of the possible link of the of the canisters to the Valujet crash.

reports that some of the assumptions about corporate downsizing are being re-examined by business analysts. While numerous companies have laid off large numbers of employees, some economists argue that significant numbers of new jobs are being created to offset those layoffs and the new jobs are not necessarily low-skill or low-paying.

to make private pensions safer and more available to working Americans. The proposal comes just a day after a rather similar Republican proposal to bolster pensions.

In the second part of Robert's interviews with religious Jews about their political leanings for the upcoming elections, he visits the West Bank settlement of Betar (beh-TAR). The residents of Betar are mostly ultra-Orthodox Jews who look to their religious leaders for guidance in choosing candidates. He talks to the Greenwalts, a couple with four children, who say that they will probably vote for one of the religious political parties.

Noah Adams talks with our poetry critic Cathy Bowman about Quincy Troupe and his latest book of poetry called Avanlanche. The book is published by Coffee House Press.

Commentator Alan Cheuse reviews The Book of Secrets by M.G. Vassanji (vah-san-gee). It's the story of a British colonial officer's years spent in East Africa before the beginning of World War I. (Published by Picador)

movie critic for Newsday, about this year's Cannes film festival.

to have the worldwide ban on exports of British beef lifted... the ban was imposed by the European Union following reports linking Mad Cow disease -- which is found largely in British cattle -- to a brain disease which is fatal in humans.