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NPR's Martha Raddatz reports from the Sava River on the columns of troops and heavy weapons crossing the U.S. Army pontoon bridge into nothern Bosnia. Troops, tanks and artillery are crossing in record numbers. The military hopes to have half of its 20,000-man contingent in place within a couple of weeks.

NPR's David Baron reports that new preliminary data from measurements of the Earth's temperature in 1995 supports theories that global warming is occurring. According to surface temperature measurements, last year was the warmest on record. Experts caution, however, that it remains unclear how much of the increase may be due to natural variation.

by the telecommunications giant, AT&T, yesterday. The company will divide into three separate firms and eliminate up to 40,000 jobs over the next year and a half. Though the move means layoffs, it also meant a sharp rise in AT&T stock on Wall Street.

the sugar program has remained untouched by cutbacks in government price supports. Critics say it's fattened the pockets of only a few farmers, and has kept the price of the commodity artificially high.

At a Congressional hearing today the General Accounting Office released a report on some of Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary's extensive world travel. The report says the department has very sloppy accounting and cannot account for $250-thousand in spending. NPR's John Nielsen reports defenders say the report is full of holes while other supporters worry that overseas business will be lost if the secretary is forced to curtail her travel. The controversy regarding Secretary O'Leary's management is nowhere near over.

Linda talks with NPR's Joe Palca about new dietary guidelines released today by the federal government. For the first time, the guidelines, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture, say that a completely vegetarian diet and moderate drinking can be healthful.

As a child, commentator Bill Harley had never been exposed to beets or John Coltrane because his father didn't like them. When he first tried beets and heard Coltran'e music in college, he didn't like them either. But recently, he tried beets and liked them. Then he listened to Coltrane again and like that, too.

Commentator Stuart Chiefet (chef-AY) says that with so many people using lap-top computers these days, some entrepreneours could make a fortune by simply offering hackers caught in remote spots an electrical outlet where they can plug in their machines.

Nick Kristof, about the resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama.

NPR's John McChesney reports the online service Compuserve says it plans to reopen access to nearly 200 sexually-oriented discussion groups to all but its German customers by the end of the month. Compuserve closed the forums after prosecutors in Germany said some of the material in the groups violated German obscenity laws.