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NPR's Mara Liasson reports on President Clinton's post-election press conference today, at which he announced the departure of chief of staff Leon Panetta and his selection of North Carolina businessman Erskine Bowles to succeed Panetta. Clinton also reiterated his support of a balanced budget and campaign finance reform, and fielded questions from reporters about questionable campaign contributions from foreigners.

Linda and Robert talk with Michael Kelly, editor of the New Republic, and Gerry Seib of the Wall Street Journal, about issues raised at Clinton's press conference, from forming a new cabinet to the future of campaign finance reform.

With the renewed focus on the violent lyrics of gangsta rap after the death of Tupac Shakur, a group of Minneapolis rappers -- who call their collective Head Shots -- say they want to take rap back to its roots...and away from the corporate music industry they say has corrupted it. Chris Roberts reports.

NPR's Ann Cooper reports from the United Nations on the signing today of a treaty banning nuclear testing. The United States was the first to sign the treaty and following the signing, President Clinton delivered his annual address to the U.N. General Assembly. He called for all countries to get toughter on terrorists and drug traffickers.

NPR's Martha RAddatz reports that the Pentagon has had to deal with delays in its attempts to identify the number of US soldiers that may have been exposed to chemical weapons during the Persian Gulf War. It seems that the computer model the government is using may need more work.

- Daniel visits 15-year-old Zak Forrest, who just won the grand prize in a nationwide American Film Institute contest with his two-and-a-half minute film called "Saturday." Zak shot the film himself and did all the editing on his computer. TV and movie actor Tim Allen was one of the judges in the contest...Danny talks with him about the film, and about the advances in technology that make filmmaking accessible to more people.

The contest between veteran Republican Senator Larry Pressler and his Democratic challenger Rep. Tim Johnson features what most people would define as everything good and everything bad about politics today. The candidates present voters with clear cut ideological choices on issues from taxes...Pressler is solidly in favor of "smaller government"...to the Farm Bill (Senator Pressler is highly in favor of the changes that were made in the Farm Bill, while Rep. Johnson has been less enthusiastic). Both candidates have held serious issue debates, even as they lob harshly negative ads at one another. NPR's Brian Naylor traveled to South Dakota and filed this report.

including chocolate candies known as Frango mints.

Lobbies - NPR's Kathy Schalch reports that the environmental lobby is focusing its campaign contributions on about 12 Congressional races, in an effort to make for a more environment-friendly legislature after the November election.

have filed an application with the Treasury Department, registering their intention to accept a billion dollar grant from Libya. The government could attempt to block the transaction under the new anti-Terrorism law, which makes it a criminal act for a U.S. citizen to engage in financial dealings with any country on the State Department list of nations suspected of sponsoring terrorism. Libya is on that list. Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam appear ready to challenge the law in court.

The president is riding "The Twenty-First Century Express," a train taking him through the mid-west on his way to the Democratic National convention in Chicago. Mr. Clinton's whistle-stops along the way allow time for him to spell out some of the issues he would make priorities in a second term, among them, literacy, the environment, and gun control.

Robert talks to NPR's Mara Liasson, who is travelling on President Clinton's train to the Democratic Convention in Chicago. At a stop today at the Police Academy in Columbus, Ohio, the President proposed expanding the Brady Bill to make it illegal for people convicted of domestic violence to buy handguns.

Virginia Biggar reports on the second day of the civil trial of O.J. Simpson. Lawyers for the families of the murder victims summed up their opening statement by describing Simpson as obsessed with rejections by his ex-wife. Simpson's lawyers began their statement with a different take on the relationship, arguing that it was Nicole Brown Simpson who pursued her ex-husband, and who kept up a warm and friendly relationship.

. A judge will consider Hinckley's request to leave St. Elizabeth's prison one day a month to visit his family. Hinkley shot former President Ronald Reagan in 1981 in an assassination attempt. (7:31

NPR's Vicki O'Hara reports that a hardline Muslim group known as the Taliban, or students, has taken control of Afghanistan's capital and has executed the country's former president. Neighboring Pakistan says it is sending a delegation to recognize the new government but Western governments are trying to determine how to respond to what appears to be the world's newest Islamic state.

a forum for Catholics to discuss their differences with Rome within the Church. Since it's creation, the project has been criticized by both conservative and liberal Catholics.

Music reviewer Charles de Ledesma takes a look at the latest book from David Toop, one of the most erspected music journalists in Britain. Ocean of Sound and its accompanying CD trace the expansion of music around the globe in the twentieth century, and focus on how new technology and the concept of the "global village" have changed the things we listen to...from the ways in which we can listen to music to the ways we make music in the digital era. (8:00) (S

NPR is participating in a program along with other televesion and radio news outlets that provides free airtime to the Presidential campaigns of Bob Dole and Bill Clinton. Tonight's message comes from Presidential challenger Bob Dole.

NPR's Brooke Gladstone offers a progress report on television industry efforts to come up with a ratings system for its programming. The giant telecommunications law passed last year gave television a year to devise a plan of its own or face one imposed by the federal government. Although a final announcement on the ratings system isn't scheduled until later this month, details are filtering out. And some lawmakers and parents' advocates don't like what they're hearing.

will hear arguments today about the constitutionality of Arizona's "English-only" law which mandates no other language be used in official state business.

government's ineffectual handling of a disastrous oil spill...and the country's consequent political difficulties.

Music critic Tom Manoff recommends a new re-packaged re-release of recordings by Zino Francescatti (fran-chess-KAH-tee). Francescatti was one of the most admired violinists of the Twentieth Century...he died in 1991. Now, his recordings are finding new life in the craze for repackaging great old performances. ("Zino Francescatti: Great Violin Concertos" is available on Sony Classical.) (3:00) ((ST

about the latest opposition protests calling for the ouster of President Milosevic. The parliament of the new Yugoslavia was due to meet today, but the session was suspended amid growing signs of unease by the authorities.

and important science story of the year...the announcement that scientists had found possible evidence of ancient life on Mars.

Roving correspondent Bob Garfield had to go to Nashville, Tennessee last year to deliver a speech. While he was there, he decided he'd like to write a hit country song. After enlisting the aid of almost everyone in the region, he ended up with a song...and a better understanding of the machinery behind the country-music industry.