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in Charleston, South Carolina about the upcoming South Carolina primary. The state has 37 delegates.

These women average a $250,00 in salaries each year. They were asked how they made it and what difficulties they face.

One more step into turning the telephone line into a multi-media communications channel. AT&T announced yesterday that it will soon be offering its 90 million customers five hours of free access to the Internet every month for one year. It's estimated that more than 15 million of the company's subscribers already own computers and modems.

Noah talks with Carl Finch, a founder of the group "Brave Combo," whose album "Polka for a Gloomy World" has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the Polka category. The Grammys are tomorrow night. Finch says that one main goal of his band's music is to "destroy people's misconceptions about what's cool in music." IN STEREO

Sarajevo suburb that is being handed over later this month to the Muslim-Croat Federation.

Daniel speaks with playwright Emily Mann who's play 'Greensboro: A Requiem' tells the story of a massacre in 1979, where members of the Ku Klux Klan shot and killed 5 demonstrators who were protesting Klan activities. The play is based on interviews of survivors of the attack, as well as of Klansmen who took part in it. The play is being staged at the McCarter Theater in Princeton, New Jersey.

big trade in the National Hockey League. Wayne Gretzky, the league's all-time leading scorer, was traded by the Los Angeles Kings to the St. Louis Blues. Gretzky had hoped to be traded to a Stanley Cup contender.

Danny examines the state of the Republican presidential nomination campaign, one day after Bob Dole won the South Carolina primary, with our panel of editorial page editors: Jane Eisner of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Bob Kittle of the San Diego Union-Tribune, and Billy Winn of the Columbus (Georgia) Ledger-Enquirer.

The Supreme Court has rejected a bid by a Detroit woman for compensation for the car she co-owned with her husband. Authorities had confiscated the vehicle because it had been used for an illegal activity. Her husband had sex with a prostitute in the car. The wife maintained that she was innocent and her property was taken without due process. She asked for 300 dollars in compensation. The couple had bought the car for 600 dollars a month earlier. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports a divided Supreme Court has upheld the state's right to confiscate the car and denied the woman compensation.

Gillian Sharpe reports that the UN War Crimes Tribunal has indicted a Bosnian Serb general blamed in the shelling of civilian targets in Sarajevo. Prosecutor had hoped Gen. Djordje (GEORGE-ay) Djukic (JUH- kitch) would provide evidence leading to indictments of senior Bosnian Serb officers, but he has refused to cooperate. (2:45) 9. SARAJEVO TODAY. -- NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on independence day celebrations in Sarajevo. On March 1, 1992, the Bosnian Parliament declared the country independent of Yugoslavia and sparked a war. Today Bosnia is at peace.

Danny speaks with Dr. David Grimaldi, Curator and Chairman of the Entomology Department at the American Museum of Natural History. Dr. Grimaldi led an expedition to a site in New Jersey where they discovered precious ancient flowers embalmed in amber from the Cretaceous period, nearly 90 million years ago. Grimaldi says these are undoubtedly the most completely preserved flowers from the time of the dinasours.

Linda Gradstein reports on details emerging about the Arab- American who crashed his car into a crowded bus stop in Jerusalem. After initially calling the incident an accident, Israeli security authorities now say he was a terrorist. Separately, Israeli police released the names of the two Hamas activists in Sunday's suicide bombings.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports from Sarajevo on the return of some Bosnian Muslims to suburban homes they were forced from four years ago. The Muslims lived in Vogosca ((VOH-gohsh-cha)) and had been kicked out by Bosnian Serbs. Under the Dayton agreement, the neighborhood has been put back under the control of the Bosnian government.

What does the "Wind Chill" factor tell us? Is it useful information? Danny talks with (Pennyslvania State University) meteorologist Lee Grensci (GREHN-see), who tells us what the Wind Chill factor does and DOESN'T tell us about the weather. He says everyone feels cold differently - so in most cases it is not useful information. Wind Chill means more in below-zero temperatures.

NPR's John Nielsen reports that the use of political polls has grown tremendously in recent years, but their ability to tap into the public mood may be declining as voters become more volatile and more and more are refusing to answer pollster's questions. But generally, polls have been fairly accurate. It's their interpretation that's often wrong. (7:30) CUTAWAY 1A 0:59 1B 3. CONGRESS -- Members of Congress came back to Washington this week after a three week hiatus. And Commentator Mickey Edwards wants know if the republican members will continue the fight for the GOP agenda. It was only two months ago that budget battles raged between the Congress and the White House. Mickey Edwards wonders if Republicans on the Hill will get back on track with their agenda: the balanced budget and taxes. He wonders what they will get accomplished in the next few months, especially now that the GOP Presdiential candidates have taken the spotlight and shifted focus of the Republican agenda.

have formed a support group to share their tales of what it's like to live in an overseemingly white region. Blacks make up only one percent of New Hampshire's population. and that is over half the state's minority population.

Noah speaks with Ziad Abu Amr(ze-YADAH-boo AH-mer), a professor at Bir Zeit (beer-ZATE) University, about the recent bombing attacks in Israel. Abu Amr says such multiple attacks, in quick succession, are not the style of Hamas' military wing and that they are problably the work of a splinter group.

Commentator Marianne Jennings says that in the wars of the competitive new global economy, U.S. employees have become the casualties. American workers have become the most expendable resource a business has. But Jenningsa this kind of "quick fix" is no real answer for declining profits, and she wonders what it does to the consumers trust in a company.

Commentator David Kline says that while the media and Wall Street may be going wild over the internet, some 90 percent of Americans are not on-line and do not much reason right now for them to go on-line. He notes that while you can read consumer reports on-line, you can't find someone to fix your washing machine, or sign your kid up for local soccer league, or pay your parking ticket. Until the internet becomes more practical, Kline says, it will still remain useful for just a few.

Commentator Katherine Kersten says that while corporations and even school districts are stressing diversity training, this emphasis on people's differences only separates people further. She argues it emphasizes steryotypes and encourages people to see each other as members of "groups" rather than as individuals.

NPR's Mara Liasson reports the U.S. is sending bomb-detecting equipment to Israel to help stop the wave of terrorist bombings. President Clinton announced the aid, saying the terrorists are trying to kill both innocent people and growing prospects for peace.

The city's debt has reached 400-million-dollars. City buildings are running out of toilet paper, schools are without books, and when some police officers respond to emergency calls, they have to walk. Adding to the District's troubles, Congress has rejected the 1996 budget for a third time.

We hear excerpts of stump speeches from Republican candidates Steve Forbes, Bob Dole and Pat Buchanan as they campaign on the eve of Tuesday's primaries.

Commentator Andrea Bernstein (BERN-stine) has spent some time on the road, covering the campaign of Pat Buchanan. As an out lesbian, she was scared at the prospect of encountering the people who work for the candidate. She was surprised by whom she met.