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NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on the arrest and conviction of the ring-leaders of a bird smuggling operation in California. The smugglers would sneak the eggs of rare birds into the country, raise them, then sell them on the black market for tens of thousands of dollars a piece.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Moscow that Russians go to the polls tomorrow to vote for a new President. She says most voters remain undecided. Garrels reports that the formation of democracy in Russia has also bred cynicism in the Russian electorate.

In the aftermath of the plane that crashed into an open marketplace in Zaire, scavengers have descended upon the wreckage to take anything they can sell or trade. Washington Post correspondent Lynne Duke is in Kinshasa, Zaire, and talks to Robert about the possible mysterious destination of the plane and why a marketplace was alongside an airport.

Richard Hearney is the second highest ranking officer in the U.S. Marines. This past week he visited the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange to see what the energetic floor traders there can teach marines about quick decision-making. Daniel speaks with the general about his experience.

a patient who had a recurrence of breast cancer a year and a half ago, and elected to have a bone marrow transplant in an attempt to beat the cancer.

Jon Kalish reports on two congregations in New York for deaf Jews. The ability to speak Hebrew is very important for Jewish worship. What makes these congregations special is the way they prevent Hebrew from becoming an obstacle between deaf worshipers and their faith.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that Sen. William Cohen, a Republican from Maine, announced this morning that he will not seek re-election this year to a fourth term. Cohen's announcement brings to 13 the number of U.S. senators who have said they will be leaving the Senate, the largest number in one year ever. Cohen, a moderate who had been critical of other moderates bailing out of politics, cited frustration with the current budget stalemate for his decision.

Noah speaks David McCumber and Tony Annigoni, authors of a

Daniel talks with NPR's Martha Raddatz who is in Bosnia covering the NATO troop deployment. An American soldier was wounded today after stepping on a land mine...not too far from where soldiers are constructing a pontoon bridge into Bosnia.

Commentator Paul Durrenberger says water is one of those forces that is just difficult to control. Old Chinese philosophers used water as a metaphor for slow movement but certain and eternal growth. Ultimately, Durrenberger says, all human existence is a minor transitory obstruction in the middle of a great hydrological circle.