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NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that in the recent old days, creative initiatives came from the Federal government, but lately, with the budget impasse and gridlock on Capitol Hill, the states seem to be taking the lead once again.

NPR's Trevor Rowe reports that criticism is mounting against some countries participating in the NATO-led peacekeeping operation in Bosnia. Indonesia has sent some people to serve as policemen who do not speak English and another country has sent policemen who do not know how to drive.

Robert talks with Chris Haddenfield, an editor at Golf Digest magazine. Haddenfield has just returned from visiting the movie set of "Tin Cup," a golf comedy starring Kevin Kostner. Haddenfield also talks about "Follow the Sun," a 1950s film about golf legend Ben Hogan, which was just re-released. And why are there so many golf movies in production right now?

Linda Gradstein reports from Jerusalem on efforts to teach Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza the basics of voting in advance of elections for a president and legislative council in the autonomous territories. The elections on Saturday are the first time Palestinians have ever participated in the Democratic process on their own land.

Robert speaks with Dmitri (dih-MEE-tree) Trainin (TREN-nin), a military analyst at Carnegie Endowments Moscow Center. Mr. Treinin explains why the Russian military has had such problems stopping the Chechen rebels in Dagestan in southern Russia.

Robert talks to poet Catherine Bowman about the work of Czeslaw Milosz, 84-year-old poet and Nobel Laureate.(8:00) Funder 0:29 XPromo 0:29 CUTAWAY 1B 0:29 RETURN1 0:29 NEWS 2:59 NEWS 1:59 THEME MUSIC 0:29 1C 6. RETURN TO KIKWIT. NPR's Michael Skoler visits Kikwit, Zaire almost a year after the ebola (ee-BOH-lah) epidemic broke out there. The virus appeared in May last year and is usually fatal. The epidemic was stopped but left 244 people dead. Scientists from the U-S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are testing samples of tens of thousands of insects and animals taken from the forest where the virus originated but still have not found the source. Hospital workers in Kikwit are still reluctant to treat patients, and while many people have overcome their fear of the disease, there remain superstitions and misinformation among the population.

Noah speaks with Sherry Folsom of the San Onofre (oh-NO-for- ree) nuclear power plant about four kittens that were discovered late last week in the nuclear power plant. We check in on there progress. The kittens, Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Neutron are doing fine and show minimal traces of cesium and cobalt. The kittens had traces of nuclear dust, but Ms. Folsom says they are doing fine and will probably grow up to be healthy cats.

NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says although the United States declared last fall that indicted war criminals would not remain in power after the Bosnian peace accord was enacted, Radovan Karadzic and Gen. Ratko Mladic, the two most notorious of those indicted, still roam freely in Bosnia.

From the audio archives on the occasion of Lincoln's Birthday: a 1942 recording of "Abraham" by Irving Berlin, arranged by Chico Marx and sung by Mel Torme.

Daniel talks with biologist Thomas Kane, about a cave he has been exploring in rural Romania. This cave is over 5-1/2 million years old, has never been exposed to the sun or the surface -- and contains at least 33 unkown species of insects.