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This week the Congress and White House were at odds over whether the cap damages in product liability cases. To discuss what kind of products injure consumers, and to find out how often such injuries lead to litigation, Danny speaks with David Pittle, Vice President & Technical Director of Consumer's Union (he was also once commissioner of the Consumer Products Safety Commission); and with Paula Mergenhagen, a writer for American Demographics magazine. It turns out that only five percent of consumer injuries resulting from damaged products (not including automobiles) trigger lawsuits.

NPR's Peter Overby reports on the new requirement that lawyers register with Congress if they act as lobbyists. Previous regulations that required lobbyists to register had exempted lawyers because of the attorney-client confidentiality privilege. Today, a report on those who have registered reveals client lists and other details the attorneys would have preferred not to reveal.

Robert talks with David Filipov (FIL-i-pov), Moscow correspondent for the Boston Globe, about the Russian parliament's vote to annul the breakup of the former Soviet Union. Filipov says the vote has angered President Boris Yeltsin, who has accused his political opponents in parliament of trying to block Russia's presidential elections in June.

"Riverdance" is an Irish musical which has been playing in London and Dublin since last year. Now it is in the United States for a brief run at Radio City Music Hall. The show evolved from a seven-minute intermission piece into a full-length show. Creator Bill Whelan [WHEEL-an] has taken traditional Irish dance, music, and song and fused it with contemporary influences from around the world, anywhere the Irish diaspora may have reached. He says this represents a new, dynamic sound that still has unmistakable Irish roots. (8:00) (IN STEREO). STATIONS NOTE: The soundtrack to "Riverdance" is now available on Atlantic Records, on the Celtic Heartbeat label. Any questions should be referred to Diane Gilmour at Atlantic at 212-275-2051. FUNDER 0:29 CUTAWAY 0:59 =========================SECOND HOUR======================= BILLBOARD :59 NEWS 2:59 NEWS 1:59 THEME MUSIC 0:29 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2A 10. CHINA SANCTIONS & WEAPONS -- NPR's Mike Shuster reports on the growing list of weapons proliferation violations by China. The U.S. may be required to slap sanctions on China for selling banned weaponry to Pakistan and Iran, which would increase already heightened tensions with China.

NPR's Joe Neel reports that the Food and Drug Administration today released statements from three former Phillip Morris employees. The FDA says the statement support the agency's contention that tobacco companies purposefully manipulate the nicotine in cigarettes to keep smokers addicted. The FDA has proposed widening its jurisdiction over tobacco products to try to keep young people from smoking.

The United Auto Workers strike at two General Motors parts plants in Dayton, Ohio continues...as do talks between the union and the automaker. All of G-M's assembly plants in the United States have been closed due to the strike. NPR's Don Gonyea reports on how Dayton and surrounding communities hav been affected by the strike.

An audio postcard from Charlie Mayer. Some students at Swarthmore College have taken their drumming class (Rhythmic Analysis) to the forest behind the school, to welcome the new season with sound. (2:00) (IN S

Robert talks to Seymour Martin Lipset, author of "American Exceptionalism: A Double Edged Sword." (W.W. Norton & Company) Lipset says that many of the characteristics that Alexis de Tocqueville described as uniquely American still exist in our society today and continue to make the United States different from other countries. But Lipset notes these characteristics have a negative side, too.

Robert Siegel speaks with Robert Merry, author of "Taking On The World," a biography of Joseph and Stewart Alsop. Both were political columnists who had great influence in the United States of the post-World War II era. (8:00) (Publisher: V

A gunman opened fire on tiny school children in the small Socttish town of Dunblane. Sixteen children and a teacher will killed before the gunmen took his own life. We'll hear how the news was given on the BBC at 5 o'clock in England.