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Linda Wertheimer talks with Michael Wiseman, a professor of public affairs at the University of Wisconsin. He has also been an advisor on welfare to Gov. Thompson of Wisconsin and Gov. Wilson of California. He explains what the Wisconsin reform plan is and how it might work on a national level.

KENNEDY - Presidential politics have stalled legislation aimed at guaranteeing that workers can keep their health coverage when they lose or leave jobs. The fight is over a controversial provision that would allow workers to create medical savings accounts instead of insurance. NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports.

The international AIDS conference in Vancouver has featured some good news about treatments for AIDS that combine several anti-AIDS drugs in order to suppress the virus. However, the cost of this kind of treatment is prohibitive for people living in some of the poorer countries of the world. Linda talks with Dr. Georgette Adjorololo (AH-jorr-oh- LOH-loh), a delegate to the International AIDS Conference from the Ivory Coast, about the problems facing developing nations as they try to stop the spread of AIDS.

A court translator reads from the international arrest warrants issued today by the U.N. War Crimes Tribunal for Radovan Karadzic (RAH-doh-vahn KARE-uh-jitch) and General Ratko Mladic (RAHT-koh MLAH-ditch).

NPR'S Julie McCarthy reports that the danger of a new conflict looms between the US and Japan over the trade in semi-conductors. The current agreement expires at the end of this month and the countries have been unable to agree on whether to renew it.

Renee Montagne explores how the country's affluent, mostly white, communities are responding to the increase in violent crime...

Commentator Kristine Holmgren tells the story of living with an unmarried couple for a year...while she was recovering from a bad divorce. This experience taught her to appreciate "non-traditional" families and to respect partnerships based on genuine love.

at the NAACP's annual convention in Charlotte, North Carolina yesterday. Many delegates expressed disappointment that Republican candidate Bob Dole declined an invitation to speak.

Commentator David Crystal says we are obsessed with naming the world around us...and the names we choose reflect something about us.

Fighting crime and guns has become a top priority for both President Bill Clinton and Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole. This past week, both men were out on the campaign trail pushing their solutions to the problem. While some people may say the candidates are just giving lip service to the issue, Commentator Mickey Edwards applauds both men for addressing this important issue.

to mourn the American servicemen killed in the terrorist attack. At least five of the victims were from Eglin Air Force Base near Fort Walton Beach, Florida. The President will attend memorial services there on Sunday.

The favorite and reigning champion Miguel Indurain failed to win a record sixth victory in cycling's premiere event.

- Daniel talks with NPR's Mike Shuster about Radovan Karadzic's resignation as President of the Bosnian Serbs. Western diplomats say it only fulfills part of their demands because he refuses to relinquish his title as leader of the party. In other news, Mostar held peaceful elections today. Peacekeepers hope Mostar's example will set the tone for national elections coming up in the fall.

- NPR's Anne Garrels reports that Russian President Boris Yeltsin is trying to appeal to voters by using the theme of returning to Russia's religious past. His opponent, Gennady Zyuganov is trying the same thing, but many Russian clergy are wary of Zyuganov's intentions.

Mary Losure (LOW-zhur) examines the religious phenomenon of speaking in tongues. Long associated with Pentacostalism, the practice is growing among other Christian denominations in the U-S. Researchers have attempted to explain it as a sign of mental illness, an altered state, or even neurological breakdown but it continues to defy rational explanation. Practitioners describe the deep sense of freedom, joy and well-being they experience as they give glory in tongues.

NPR's John Nielsen reports that Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin today met with a group of black ministers in Washington. He pledged that federal investigators would work to win the trust of the black community. The ministers had complained about how federal investigators were handling the investigation of the black church burnings. Today, Rubin said the federal government will not be satisfied until the cases are solved.

- Daniel visits squid expert Clyde Roper of the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History. Roper - a biologist - is organizing an expedition to the South Pacific, where he hopes to find a kind of massive squid that reportedly has been sighted by soldiers and fishermen. Roper will search for the squid in a glass bubble that will descend hundreds of feet below the ocean's surface.

The Supreme Court today let stand a lower court ruling that blocks affirmative action programs at three state-run southern colleges. The lower court had labelled the programs as unlawful reverse discrimination. The ruling applies directly to Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, but could influence courts in other states as they consider challenges to affirmative action programs in higher education. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports.

Commentator David Crystal says English is unique for having several words with similar meanings. This is because modern English has assimilated Old English, French and Latin. An example of this phenomenon - rise, mount and ascend.

Chris Hosken of member station WFAE reports from Charlotte, North Carolina on the arrest today of a 13-year-old girl in connection with the arson of a church building there last week. The arrest comes after a string of church fires throughout the South, but authorities say they have no evidence of a conspiracy linking all the fires.

Commentator David Brooks says President Clinton has been hard at work wooing voters with promises of tax cuts and other goodies. And he says the president's generosity to college students, homeowners and other constituencies has created a new minority group in America: the unpandered.

These days, the conversation at commentator Bill Harley's dinner table is about ancient Egypt. His son is learning about the subject at school and it's a chance for Bill to review the most intriguing things about the culture - because what was cool about ancient Egyptians when he was a kid are now the coolest things to his son.

NPR's Melissa Block reports on a memorial held today for the victims of TWA Flight 800. Relatives and friends were taken to a point of land closest to the crash site, where they threw flowers into the sea to remember their love ones.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports that the southern African nation of Angola is warily moving forward with a peace prcoess designed to end a devastating twenty-year civil war. But many are nervous about wheher the government and revels can see the process through. There still is tremendous distrust and the revels are lagging in demobilizing their troops.

Robert Siegel talks to Christopher Floss, editor of Jane's Land Based Air-Defense - a book on military weapons. Floss talks about speculation that a surface to air missiles was responsible for the downing of TWA flight 800. He says that although it would be very difficult for soemone to obtain a surface to air missile, and its use requires very special training-- it is possible.