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primaries in the Midwest yesterday and the confidence he expressed afterwards in his ability to beat President Clinton in the fall election. By winning Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin, Senator Dole now has almost all the delegates he needs to clinch the Republican Presidential nomination.

who refused to wear a blue beret and other United Nations insignia when assigned to a U.N. peacekeeping force in Macedonia last fall. Court martial preparations began in January, but yesterday his civilian lawyers argued in U.S. District Court in Washington that he should be given an honorable discharge as a conscientious objector.

has removed the Bronx Distract Attorney after he refused to give an explicit guarantee he would seek the death penalty for the killer of a policeman shot dead this week.

The House is due to vote today on a bill overhauling immigration laws. One of its provisions would allow states to deny public schooling to children of illegal immigrants. In addition, the House may follow the Senate's lead by splitting the measure into two parts, separating rules dealing with legal immigrants. The separation could kill attempts to sharply limit the number of legal immigrants. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports. Updates are expected. Please be prepared to do new BBS if you use any of these details.

in memory of her slain husband, the former Prime Minister of Israel, and her plans for a foundation to pursue Middle East peace.

On October 13, 1994, five year old Eric Morse was thrown to his death from the 14th story window of an apartment in the Ida B. Wells housing project in Chicago. He was thrown by two boys who at the time were ten and eleven years old. Young reporters LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman have spent the last year on assignment for "All Things Considered", exploring this crime and its impact on the neighborhood. The first hour of our program today is devoted to this story. LeAlan and Lloyd live in the same neighborhood where Eric Morse died. Along with the head of the Chicago Housing Authority, they tour the building he was thrown from. The view from the 14th story is bleak, offering little hope to residents. The boys learn firsthand how difficult reporting can be when doors slam in their faces as they go around asking people to talk to them about Eric Morse's death. Prosecuting and defense attorneys involved in the case talk about the impact the Ida B. Wells neighborhood had on the boys who killed Eric Morse. The prosecuting attorney says she has not seen a crime this awful before - and the defense attorneys say it was bound to happen and may happen again if systematic problems are not addressed. We hear from kids in the neighborhood, and from young relatives. Eric Morse's young cousin talks about how much he misses Eric and about the fights he has had with the young killers. We hear from an adult who tried to help the killers when they were in elementary school. One of the killers brought crack cocaine to kindergarten. The father of one of the young killers, interviewed by LeAlan and Lloyd at a prison where he was incarcerated, says his son was a gentle boy. And in an exclusive interview, Eric Morse's mother and half brother (who watched him die, and tried to run down 14 flights of stairs to catch him), talk about Eric and how much they miss him, and how troubled his killers must have been. Through it all, reporters LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman wonder what has made them different, why they didn't end up as killers or dead themselves. (IN S

The BBC's Chris Florence in Bangalore, India, reports on extraordinary security measures in place for this weekend's World Cup Cricket match between India and Pakistan. One group has already been arrested for inciting riot. The rivalry goes beyond sports, into national hatreds.

NPR's John Ydstie reports the unemployment report dropped sharply in February to 5.5 percent. Data released by the Labor Department this morning show exceptionally strong job creation last month. Economists said the employment report shows an economy on the mend that will not need further interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve.

NPR's Steve Inskeep visits The Strand, a used bookstore in New York City, to find out what happens to all those political biographies and other books tied to campaigns, once the campaigns are over -- and sometimes even before.

In the wake of the suicide bombings in Israel, the House is once again taking up a controversial anti-crime bill. The bill would give federal law enforcement officials new rights in their investigations of terrorist crimes. But NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that opponents from across the political spectrum say these measures would infringe on privacy rights and would inevitably lead to the conviction and imprisonment of innocent people.

Noah and Linda read from the latest batch of listeners' comments.

Commentator David Brooks thinks that the Whitewater scandal shouldn't be brushed under the rug and overlooked. He says it's about upholding our leaders to certain standards and about what quantity of corruption America should tolerate.

Monday night is Oscar Night. Filmaker and commentator Joe Queenan has seen the nominees and says that there isn't anything that stands out this year because all films are so similar, except one, that is... "Mr. Holland's Opus". And Queenan is very disturbed by the selection of this film.

is in Moscow today for talks on NATO expansion into eastern Europe. The issue has received renewed attention after the Russian parliament, now dominated by Communists and nationalists, voted last week to nullify the break-up of the Soviet Union.

suspect Theodore Kaczynski. After searching his secluded cabin in Montana, federal agents found four incomplete pipe bombs. Kaczynski has been charged with possessing bomb components, but so far, not with any of the Unabomber attacks. Livingston has written eight books on terrorism, has followed the Unabomber case for several years, and runs a crisis management firm in Washington.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which marks its 25th anniversary this year. Today, Schalch reports on Republican legislation pending in Congress which would reform the agency.

Commentator Mickey Edwards says the government should not meddle in Amercians' decision to die.

be the Unabomber. Federal agents have detained Theodore Kacznski, a former math professor, who was living in Montana.

We remember the 34 other passengers who perished yesterday when there plane crashed just outside Dubrovnik. In addition to Secretary Brown, the passengers included Commerce officials, business executives, journalists and two pilots.

President Clinton was in Oklahoma City today, remembering those who perished nearly a year ago when a bomb destroyed the Federal office building they were in.

Charles Scanlon reports from Seoul on heightened tensions between North and South Korea. The North said it would no longer respect the integrity of the demilitarized zone, and the South responded by stepping up its surveillance activities.

Linda Wertheimer talks to NPR's Nina Totenberg about the investigation of Theodore Kaczynski. Federal agents are continuing their search of his cabin. In addition to bomb-making materials, they have also discovered writings.

Chris Nuttall reports that Operation Provide Comfort, a US-led force based in Turkey to protect the Kurds in Northern Iraq from Saddam Hussein, is in a tenous position after five years of operation. Politicians in Turkey want foreign troops off their soil, but others are concerned that removing the troops will renew instability in the region.

Linda Wertheimer talks with Peter Kendall, a reporter with the Chicago Tribune. Kendall has been piecing together the story of Theodore Kaczynski - the man who is being held in a Montana jail, suspected of being the UNABOMBER....Kendall has been writing about the agony of David Kaczynski - the man who helped bring his brother in from the cold.