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to address the controversy over illicit campaign contributions to the DNC at a news conference today. The Republicans are stepping up their calls for investigations of the affair.

The preliminary results of a new measurement of the so-called Hubble Constant, taken by radio telescopic means at Cambridge University in England is 42. The Hubble Constant determines the speed at which galaxies are receding from each other, and thus tells us the age of the universe from the time of the Big Bang. It so happens that Douglas Adams, in the book and radio series A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in 1978 had a massive computer calculate the meaning of life and the answer was: 42.

Commentator Mickey Edwards wonders whether Republicans will keep up their contentious adversarial relationship with the Democrats, or whether 1997 will bring a new era of cooperation.

Commentator Lenore Skenazy imagines that bald men have a good deal going. They can avoid haircare products and all those grooming worries.

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crime family's operations in Florida with the capture of the godfather and several senior associates.

The Minnesota Twins are asking taxpayers to build them a new baseball stadium, and they're offering the public a 49 percent share...of the TEAM. Minnesota Public Radio's Bill Wareham reports.

to Gulf War Syndrome...an assortment of medical symptoms reported among veterans of the Persian Gulf War. A Presidential advisory committee reported yesterday that it found no single cause for the ailments, such as joint pain, memory lapses, fatigue, and depression.

Commentator David Brooks writes in support of the election of Newt Gingrich. He says ousting Newt would have been an extreme punishment for some rather minor infractions...and that Republicans would have gotten only a short-term boost if they "betrayed" their leader. He says the Republicans today struck a blow for loyalty, for simple justice and for the good of the country.

who goes before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday for a confirmation hearing.

Despite the 3.5 billion dollars that this country spends on substance abuse prevention programs in the nation's schools, drug use is going up sharply among teenagers...especially marijuana and cigarette use among young teens aged 13 and 14. As the Clinton Administration announced these statistics yesterday, government health officials promised new initiatives to try and reverse this trend. But no one believes that doing so will be easy. Experts say drug use among teens is a terribly compex problem, and the view from the street makes that very clear. NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports.

to a second term in office. Bob Dole's loss was softened by the Republican's retention of the majority in both the House and Senate.

in the new Congress have for investigating allegations of impropriety, which have been raised against President Clinton. Most of the allegations go back to Mr. Clinton's years as Governor of Arkansas, but the Republican leaders say they also intend to investigate contributions made to the Clinton reelection campaign.

about Newt Gingrich's precarious future as Speaker of the House. Republicans are rallying around Gingrich in the aftermath of his admission that he violated House ethics. But a censure from the Ethics Subcommittee would prevent him from re-election to the Speaker's seat.

Linda speaks with White House Correspondent Mara Liasson about the coming year for the White House...she says the President will not be seeking to pass huge legislative packages (like health care..) as he did in his first administration--and he faces many investigations into everything from Whitewater to campaign finance--but one new tool he will have in his second term will be the line item veto.

Commentator David Crystal says there is a role for senseless babble, whether for baby talk, or skat in jazz music.

Senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that Gingrich yesterday appeared to have been made over as a new man, but whether his apologetic persona will be able to command respect as Speaker and rally the conservative troops remains in question.

The NPR Players explore the possibility that its not just the FBI and CIA that is infested with employees willing to sell secrets. This satire exposes that the treachery reaches down to the ATF, GAO, FCC, BLM and even PBS.

The French jazz bass player Renaud Garcia Fons is making his U.S. debut with a record featuring two basses, accordion, and drums. The music incorporates influences from Spanish flamenco, to Moroccan, to Japanese music.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports that Islam is making a resurgence in the countries of Central Asia. When many of these regions were controlled by the Soviet Union, mosques were closed and religious education curtailed. But now that independence has been achieved, there's been intense interest in recapturing the Islamic heritage of the Central Asian states.

at the University of Wisconsin, about Presidential second terms and what to expect during President Clinton's second term in the White House. Historians generally agree that second terms tend to be less productive than first terms, for the few Presidents who've won them.

of the elections for state legislatures.

NPR's Ted Clark reports on the resignation of Secretary of State Warren Christopher and the expected departure of many on his foreign policy team. Who President Clinton picks to succeed Christopher will indicate whether Clinton's second term will follow the same tenuous foreign policy...or whether there will be new initiatives in Bosnia, the Middle East, Russia and China...and in the area of international peacekeeping.

Robert speaks with Hassan Rahman, chief representative of the Palestinian Liberation Organization to the United States, about the sticking points in the negotiations over Israeli withdrawal from Hebron. Rahman says the unwillingness of the Israelis to set a timetable for the implementation of the rest of the Oslo Peace agreement is preventing a final agreement on Hebron.