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David Baron reports on the three U.S. scientists who won the Nobel Prize in physics for the discovery of a form of helium that has shed unexpected light on the first moments of the universe...and a form of helium called Helium-3 has properties called superfludity at extremely low temperatures. the two Texans and the British chemist who won the prize in chemistry for discovery of a carbon molecule that sparked a new field of study.

Commentator Frederica Matthewes-Green talks about the tangible evidence that miracles do happen, and that in Christianity, these things are often not pretty; sometimes they're downright tacky, in fact.

Republican lawmakers have given up their effort to allow states to bar the children of illegal immigrants from public schools. President Clinton had threatened to veto the overall immigration reform bill if it came to him with the ban included. The provision was supported by Bob Dole and House Speaker Newt Gingrich. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that negotiators from the House and Senate agreed to drop the amendment in order to save the rest of the immigration bill.

Commentator Daniel Pinkwater attempts to donate books to his local public library, but his philanthropy is defeated by an officious librarian.

Congress has a compromise immigration reform measure that drops one provision that Democrats opposed, but retains others that could block the bill. The amendment allowing states to deny public schooling to illegal immigrants is gone, but other sections that ease penalties on employers of illegal aliens and deny illegals access to public services are still drawing Democrats' complaints. Linda talks with NPR's Peter Kenyon about the status of the reform effort.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from the Philippines on the gruesome scandal centering on the sexual exploitation of children in that nation, and the awakening concern about it by the Philippine government and the Catholic Church.

The campaign reform group Common Cause today asked for an independent counsel to investigate what it called "an illegal scheme" on the part of both the Republican and Democratic parties to circumvent campaign finance laws by buying television ads that presidential candidates Bob Dole and President Clinton should have paid for, because the ads weren't for party-building, but were meant to support the candidates. NPR's Peter Overby reports.

There's a new cd by the Hilliard Ensemble, singing a compostition by Estonian-born composer Arvo Part. The music is based on a series of 24 prayers...one for each hour of the day...written by St. John Chrysostom. Music critic Tom Manoff says there is magic buried deep in the music. (3:30) (S

Linda talks with Michael Isikoff, a Washington correspondent for Newsweek Magazine. They discuss the FDIC report about a real estate document drafted by Hillary Rodham Clinton which hid commissions paid by the Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan to a prominent businessman, and what this news means for the continuing Whitewater investigation.

At a campaign rally outside Pittsburgh today, President Clinton backed two proposals designed to appeal to middle class voters. One encourages long term savings with inflation-indexed securities; the other allows for tax-deductible interest on certain education savings bonds. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

Carolyn Jack reports from Toronto on the growing demands for the resignation of Canada's top military officer. General Jean Boyle has come under fire in the course of an official inquiry into the killings of Somali civilians by Canadian peacekeepers. The inquiry has uncovered allegations of a coverup of the military's handling of the 1993 torture and murder of a Somali teenager. The calls for Boyle's removal escalated when he defended himself by questioning his staff's integrity and moral fiber.

Robert Jonas remembers his friend Henri Nouwen, theologian and writer, who died over the weekend. Nouwen was a Roman Catholic priest and the pastor of L'Arche Daybreak Community -- a residential community for people with developmental disabilities, in Toronto. Nouwen wrote on topics of spirituality and ecumenism.

NPR's Michael Skoler reports on Africa's Independent Church movement which is attracting millions of converts throughout the continent with a unique and authentically African form of Christianity which does not reject the spirit world of most traditional African cultures.

NPR's Ted Clark reports that in Sunday's presidential debate Robert Dole tripped up on the facts in criticizing President Clinton's handling of foreign policy. Dole's biggest error was in accusing Clinton of being the US president who had sent the most troops abroad in history, a fact which he should have known was wrong from his own service overseas in World War II. But Clinton too stretched the truth some, taking credit for foreign policy successes in Europe that more rightly belonged to his predecessor, President Bush.

Banning Eyre reviews "Sarala: Hank Jones Meets Cheick-Tidiane Seck and the Mandikas". Eyre, who has lived and studied music in Mali, finds that American jazz pianist Hank Jones, now 79 years old, uses his well-honed jazz sensibilities to mesh perfectly into the traditional music of that west African country.

Commentator Michele Mitchell says the Democrats and Republicans may not want Ross Perot or any other 3rd party candidate in the presidential debates...but that's not going to stem the flow of young voters from seeking alternatives to the major parties.

Noah talks with four different youngsters -- ardent baseball fans all of them -- who are rooting for their home teams in the National and American League playoffs. We'll hear from kids in St. Louis, Atlanta, New York, and Baltimore about why they think their team is going to make it to the World Series.

Commentator Marianne Jennings has had it up to here with the proliferation of web sites...do we really need this many? Everyone--from the FBI to the makers of Gatorade--is getting into the act. As she navigates the treacherous surf of www.com, she wonders if one can still get information the old fashioned way.

about last night's Vice Presidential debate.

The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty signed today at the United Nations bans nuclear tests in the atmosphere and underground, and it sets up a monitoring system to spot violations. There are flaws, however. A provision in the treaty requires legislative ratification in 44 potential nuclear states. India has refused to sign until all countries with nuclear weapons devise a timetable for destroying all their weapons. NPR's Ted Clark reports that despite those flaws, the treaty is a political consensus that will apply pressure for all countries to comply.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports on the humanitarian crisis in eastern Zaire, which is growing more catastrophic by the day. As the U-S and other nations debate how to mount an emergecy relief operation, reports say more and more wandering refugees are dying every day. More than a million Rwandan refugees--and an unknown number of Zairean citizens -- have been forced to flee fighting between the Zairean army and Rwandan-backed Zairean rebels.

, just three months after an armed insurrection broke out. Authorities were relieved that voting was peaceful. It's the first significant election in Mexico since major electoral reform went into effect.

Linda talks with NPR's legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg about the right to die, and other issues and cases before the Supreme Court in this year's session, which began today.

Nationally, House Speaker Newt Gingrich is something of a whipping post for Democratic candidates up and down the ballot. But at home, his opponent, a cookie magnate, is resisting tough talk about Gingrich. NPR's David Molpus reports.

that is, to borrow dollars against the prize money they expect to be given. He did this...and avoided further losses of $50,000.