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NPR's Michael Goldfarb reports that the World Health Organization said today that the link between mad cow disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease remains uncertain. But even if there is a connection, the WHO said current precautions would minimize any risk of acquiring the extremely rare disease from eating beef.

Commentator Reuven Frank says scenes like the Montanan siege of the Freemen farm, the O.J. trial and the the New Hampshire primary prove just one thing...there are too many journalists and not enough news. And when journalists descend, they do affect the story.

A mural of a basketball player is slowing down the morning commute on a Chicago freeway. Drivers have been gaping at a seventy-five-foot-wide billboard of basketball player Dennis Rodman. The advertisement for a clothier also includes Michael Jordan and Cubs second baseman Ryne Sandberg. Rick Karr reports that the garment-maker may remove the billboard if it continues to slow the traffic. (5:00) 2B CUTAWAY 0:59 Funder 0:29 XPromo 0:29 CUTAWAY 2B 0:29 RETURN2 0:29 NEWS 2:59 NEWS 1:59 THEME MUSIC 0:29 2C 17. LYBIA - NPR's Neal Conan reports on the statement by US Defense Secretary William Perry that the US would not allow Libya to finish construction of a suspected chemical weapons plant. Perry told Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak that the US has photographs showing of an "extensive" weapons program, and would not rule out using force to destroy the plant. NPR's Neal Conan reports.

Gillian Sharpe ((JILL-ee-uhn)) reports from the Hague that a Bosnian Croat general has pleaded not guilty during a hearing at the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal. General Tihomir Blaskic ((TEE-oh-meer BLAHS-

Danny talks with comedian George Carlin about the state of the world, the art of comedy writing, and Carlin's liberal use of profanity. We'll also hear routines from two of Carlin's comedy albums: "Parental Advisory Explicit Lyrics" (Eardrum Records 7 91593-2) and "Jammin' In New York" (Eardrum Records 7 92221-2). Tonight, Carlin performs his stand-up act at the Beacon Theater in New York City - a performance that will be broadcast live on the HBO cable channel.

and Bob Dole will not be emphasising their Washington insider credentials in the fall election.

Robert Siegel speaks with ex-college basketball players Willie Worsley and Larry Conley about the historic 1966 championship game between Kentucky and Texas Western (now UTEP). In the game, the all-Black starting players for Texas Western beat the all-White Kentucky team. Although the game had tremendous implications for the integration of college basketball, neither Worsely, who played for Texas, nor Conley, who played for Kentucky, realized it at the time.

Yeltsin's plan to end the war in Chechnya. Yeltsin proposes withdrawing some Russian troops and possibly holding talks with Chechen rebels. He has all but conceded he cannot be re-elected in June if no peace settlement is reached.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on the reaction to the proposal by Prime Minister Shimon Peres to hold a national referendum on the peace process. Yasser Arafat denounced the idea, as did Peres' opponent in the May 29 election. The terrorist group Hamas weighed in with a threat to conduct more suicide bombings.

The flexible workplace is up and running at Hewlett-Packard. HP employees not only help set their own schedules, but also decide whether to job share or telecommute. Small manufacturers are also getting more flexible. NPR's David Molpus visits a North Carolina textile mill to show how things are changing.