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Daniel talks with epidemiologist Bob Snow about how mosquito nets can help curtail the spread of disease in Africa. Dr.Snow - of Oxford University and the Kenya Medical Research Institute - ran the Kenyan portion of a World Health Organization (W.H.O.) study on the effectiveness of insecticide-treated mosquito nets.

Howard Berkes retraces the events leading to the arrest of Ted Kaczynski, the suspected Unabomber. FBI officials continue to piece together evidence to link Ted Kaczynski to the Unabomber. The piece includes reactions from those who knew him in Lincoln, Montana to previous acquaintances and victims.

Daniel talks with Dianna Ortiz, an American nun who says she was raped and tortured in Guatemala in 1989. Sister Dianna is in the eighth day of a vigil in Washington, D.C.'s Lafayette Park, which is across the street from The White House. She says that the U.S. government has information about her torturers and is keeping a vigil to pressure the U.S. government to release its investigative files on her case, and others like it. The Clinton administration has said that once the Intelligence Oversight Board has reviewed her case, the appropriate information will be made available.

Daniel talks with Timothy Flannery, a mamologist at the Sydney Museum, about the growing popularity of Easter Bilbies in Australia. They are rapidly taking the place of the traditional Easter Bunny because the bunny population has created huge agricultural problems there. Flannery describes the Bilbie as a small animal will silky blueish fur and a friendly demeanor.

Daniel talks with Colin Spencer, author of "The Heretic's Feast, a History of Vegetarianism". Spencer says one of the first great vegetarians on record was Pythagoras, who about 25 hundred years ago, headed a sect which believed in part that human souls can reincarnate into animal forms and therefore animals shouldn't be eaten. Pythagoras was considered to be a very holy man at the time, but in later years European Christians viewed vegetarians as heretics and poked fun at them - a habit which Spencer says persists today.

Daniel talks with Tom Salp, a former FBI agent who worked in the Behavioral Science Unit at the FBI Academy. Salp explains how behavioral and psychological profiles are created and used in the apprehension of suspects.

Twelve days ago citizens of Weyauwega, [wy-uh-WEE-guh] Wisconsin were evacuated from their homes following the derailment of railroad cars carrying fourteen propane tankers. Wisconsin Public Radio's Gil Halsted reports on life at a hotel where more than fifty evacuated families have been staying.

of the contest for the 1996 Republican Presidential nomination. After conferring with his advisors yesterday, Forbes decided against continuing. He won the Arizona and Delaware primaries since then has not finished higher than third. Forbes spent at least $25 million of his own money on the campaign.

The FBI today said they've arrested more than a dozen suspected mob leaders indicted by a federal jury on 25 charges. Several of them were arraigned today in Detroit. NPR's Don Gonyea reports that virtually every mob leader in Detroit has been indicted.

Today General Motors and the United Auto Workers reached a tentative agreement that could end the seventeen-day strike against two parts plants. The strike has idled most of GM's North American plants and furloughed more than one hundred seventy five thousand workers. Linda Wertheimer speaks with NPR's Don Gonyea about what will happen after the union votes on the agreement. (3:30) 6. IMMIGRATION -- The House is due to vote today on a bill overhauling immigration laws. One of its provisions would allow states to deny public schooling to children of illegal immigrants. In addition, the House may follow the Senate's lead by splitting the measure into two parts, separating rules dealing with legal immigrants. The separation could kill attempts to sharply limit the number of legal immigrants. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports. Updates are expected. Please be prepared to do new BBS if you use any of these details.