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on the proposals the SEC is considering to simplify the mutual fund prospectus.

President Clinton's last hours of campaigning.

are calling on House speaker Newt Gingrich to step aside while the ethics investigations against him continue.

Commentator David Crystal notes the use of puns and plays on words in newspaper headlines.

the first in a series of probes to Mars to see if life exists or ever existed on the red planet.

badly needed food and medical supplies into Goma today. Tutsi rebels agreed to allow relief workers to gain access to Eastern Zaire for the first time in over a week.

pay close attention to the weather forecast in the midwest to see how mother nature will affect the winter wheat crop.

China has passed a new law making aging parents the responsibility of their children. The problem of how to care for the elderly is particularly acute in China, where life expectancy is long and where there are not government-funded services for their support. Many Chinese complain that the burden of caring for their aging parents is too great. Anthony Kuhn has this report.

of Reform Party presidential candidate Ross Perot. In the last week he has made speeches and appearances at several college campuses. Last night the billionaire candidate spent millions on television infomercials, hoping to increase his support.

Commentator David Crystal offers examples of three to four-year-olds' clever interpretations of language. One child, fed up with being in the outskirts, asked a parent "When will we get to the 'inskirts?'"

from politicians and parents' groups to the T.V. industry's new program ratings system.

Robert talks to Agent Lucinda Schroeder of the U-S Fish and Wildlife Service in Albequerque, New Mexico about yesterday's sting operation that led to the arrest of eight eagle poachers. Eagles are a protected species; the killing and sale of eagle parts is illegal. This operation was unusual in that it led to actual trappers, not just traders. There's a growing market for eagle feathers, both in the U.S. and abroad.

NPR's Michael Goldfarb reflects on the long career of Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni, who died today at age 72. Mastroianni was well-known for his roles in "La Dolce Vita" (lah DOHL-chay VEE-tah) and other films made by director Federico Fellini.

by the president and parliament of Belarus.

will celebrate its 20th anniversary this Sunday. It's an incredibly silly affair, created to poke fun at the city's more famous and austere Rose Parade.

U.S. military installations in the world...Subic Bay Naval Base in the Phillipines. The U.S. closed the base four years ago, leaving more than 40,000 residents without jobs. Now Subic Bay has made a successful transition to a thriving free trade zone.

The graduate students who teach half the classes and grade most of the papers at three University of California campuses have been out on strike all week. NPR's Richard Gonzales reports that the strike is aimed at gaining bargaining rights. The University system says these teaching assistants aren't "workers."

NPR'S Linda Gradstein reports that every Jewish eighteen-year-old is drafted in the military in Israel, but enthusiasm for service seems to be waning. In a nation where youths have traditionally vied to be in the elite combat units, many believe what is happening reflects changes in Israeli society at large.

, where two men have been arrested for statutory rape. The men, recent refugees from Iraq, married thirteen- and fourteen-year old sisters. While illegal in this country, such marriages are a common practice in rural Iraq.

'Tis the season to be tuneful. Commentator Amy Dickinson hits the streets in search of Christmas cheer. As she asks people to sing their favorite carols, she learns that just because a person is seasonally merry, he or she cannot necessarily sing or remember the words.

FBI Director Louis Freeh says the investigation continues into who leaked the name of security guard Richard Jewell as a suspect in the Atlanta Olympics bombing. Freeh said at a Senate hearing today that no progress has been made in finding the source of the leak to the news media. NPR's Paul Miller reports that Freeh said at least 500 people in law enforcement knew that Jewell was a suspect. Jewell was investigated by federal authorities for months, and was scrutinized by the news media after the leak, but ultimately was cleared of suspicion.

Roving correspondent Bob Garfield puzzles over a newspaper advertisement for a Leica 35mm camera said to be one of a limited stock of "Anton Bruckner Centennial" models. There is, in fact, just one .. and the connection to the composer is non-existent.

Senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that he's trying very hard not to be cynical about some recent events in the news.

Robert talks to Charles Harrington Elster, the author of "There's a Word For It: A Grandiloquent Guide to Life" (Scribner: NY 1996). This book offers words for every occasion.. mostly words you have never heard of, like borborigmus, perendinate or explaterate.

NPR's Barbara Bradley reports on today's order by Army Secretary Togo West to find out whether top commanders knew about allegations of sexual harassment or sex abuse in the Army, and whether they condoned a culture of sexual misconduct within the ranks. While West says the Army will face up to any problems it finds, some critics wonder whether talk will take the place of action.