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NPR's Martha Raddatz reports on the decision by the Navy to ground all F-14 fighter planes for the next three days. An F-14 Tomcat crashed in the Persian Gulf near the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz today. There were no fatalities in the crash today, but seven people died in two other F-14 crashes in recent weeks.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Moscow that Russia is receiving a big investment from the West. Despite the uncertainty as the nation heads into the presidential election season, the International Monetary Fund has agreed to lend Moscow more than ten-billion-dollars.

battle for the hearts and minds of the Republicans voters.

Robert talks with opera singer Cecilia Bartoli [chuh-CHEE-lee-ah BAR-toe-lee) This month she has made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in "Cosi Fan Tutte," in the role of Despina, a part she says is perfect for her, both to sing and to act. She is a devotee of the 18th and early 19th century repertoire -- Mozart and Rossini, for example.

Jacki reports on the turmoil in the Canadian province of Ontario over budget cutbacks. The Conservative government of Premier Mike Harris has cut about 8-million dollars in spending so far in an effort to curb a 100-million dollar debt. On Friday and Saturday, tens of thousands of union workers rallied in Hamilton, Ontario to protest government policies. The province faces a strike by members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) at 12:01 Monday morning. Union offices warned the walk-outs would escalate, with as many as 55-thousand of the province's 81-thousand union workers off the job by mid-week.The chief issue in contract talks between the union and the government is job security. On Friday, the government announced an 18-percent cut in provincial hospitals and as many as 20-thousand layoffs of hospital workers during the next year.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports from Amman, Jordan on the aftermath of the deaths yesterday of two high-level Iraqi exiles who were sons-in-law of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. The two men recently returned to Baghdad from Jordan, and yesterday evening Iraqi media reported that they'd been killed by angry members of their clan. Analysts say the deaths indicate Saddam Hussein's hold in power in Baghdad is secure.

Linda Gradstein reports from Jerusalem that in two separate attacks in Israel today Palestinian suicide bombers killed at least 25 people, including 2 americans, and injured more than 80. It was the bloodiest day since Israel and the P-L-O signed their first peace agreement three years ago. The militant Hamas Movement claimed responsibility for both attacks.

campaign, the forgotten Contract with America, and the meaning for the Whitehouse of events over the weekend.

Alex Chadwick visits a remote part of Glacier National Park, where wildlife biologist Diane Boyd has been studying gray wolves for the past 17 years. Her subjects moved into the area on their own, unlike the ones which have been reintroduced to Yellowstone.

Robert Siegel and Linda Wertheimer discuse the tendency of politicians, especially those now running for president, to refer to themselves in the third person. He then recreates some great lines in history with this locution.