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Hollywood legend Gene Kelly died today at the age of 83. The dancer and entertainer is best known for "Singing in the Rain" and "An American in Paris." Dean Olsher reports.

Commentator Mickey Edwards says the best Republican candidates are the ones who aren't running...in particular Jack Kemp. He's a great speaker, is a caring conservative and energetic...a good match-up against Clinton.

about the election of Democrat Ron Wyden. Wyden won the Senate seat left vacant by the resignation of Republican Bob Packwood in a special write-in election.

Commentator Merrill Mathews guides us through the various kennel clubs of Washington, DC. It's a satyrical look at the political players on Capitol Hill from the Blue Dogs to the Yellow Dogs to the Lap Dogs to the Dead Dogs.

New Hampshire voters would choose Clinton over Dole or Forbes.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports on the impending end a federal program that was started in the late-1960s to provide subsidized housing for the poor in middle class white neighborhoods. The program grew out of a 1966 discrimination lawsuit against the Chicago Housing Authority and the federal Deparatment of Housing and Urban Development. Advocates are lobbying Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros to continue the subsidies.

Robert and Noah read listeners' letters.

for the withdrawal of warring factions in Bosnia. By midnight tonight, all opposing forces are scheduled to be fully withdrawn from a 70-mile "zone of separation." The commander of NATO forces in Bosnia says he believes the parties will meet the deadline.

NPR's Brian Naylor reports on prospects for funding the federal government beyond next week. Congress is considering two approaches: funding it all but for only a short time, such as a month, or funding only certain parts of the federal government, forcing further discussion on the rest.

Robert previews other pieces coming up this week, marking the Persian Gulf and its legacy.