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In New York's Fourth Congressional District, an interesting race is shaping up for the seat currently held by freshman Republican Dan Frisa (FREE-zuh). Carolyn McCarthy, whose husband was murdered in the 1993 Long Island Railroad shooting, has decided to run against Frisa because of his position on gun control. NPR's Melissa Block reports.

Noah talks with Colonel John R. Bourgeois (BOOR-zhwa), who is retiring today after seventeen years as the director of "The President's Own" U.S. Marine Band. The band, once led by the legendary John Philip Sousa, has only had twenty-five directors in its history. Tonight marks Col. Bourgeois's last time conducting the group.

a reporter for Advertising Age magazine, about the liquor industry's recent foray into television ads. While not illegal, a gentleman's agreement had kept hard liquor ads off the air. But now Seagram's has taken the plunge, to push its Crown Royal Canadian whiskey. If the campaign is successful, other companies would more than likely join Seagram's and the plethora of beer and wine commercials already on television.

Robert talks with Dr. Robert Ciccone (sih-KOH-nee), a professor of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center and the chair of the Commission on Judicial Action of the American Psychiatry Association, which filed a brief in the Jaffee v. Redmond case which was decided today by the Supreme Court. The case involved the "psychotherapist-patient privilege," which protects confidential communications between a psychotherapist and her patient. The Court ruled that psychotherapists, including social workers who offer counseling, generally cannot be forced to testify or provide other evidence about their patients in federal cases.

NPR's senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that Bob Dole is doing more than courting Colin Powell as a running mate.

Noah talks with Willie Stern, a staff editor for Business Week magazine, about the news that federal authorities have begun a criminal investigation of the crash of ValuJet Flight 592. Stern says that the targets of the investigation are ValuJet and SabreTech Inc., an aircraft maintenance company that acknowledged it mistakenly labeled as "empty" a shipment of oxygen canisters that may have played a role in the crash. Investigators are examining the possibility that both companies may have lied to authorities after the crash.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on the latest discussions among America's major trading partners about their possible retaliation for the Helms-Burton law. Helms-Burton punishes certain foreign companies that do business in Cuba; it's the most drastic law of its kind ever enacted in the United States. Mexico, Canada, and the European Union have not yet announced specific counter-measures, but recent history with similar laws shows that foreign governments can make it illegal for their companies to follow U-S orders.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports on today's announcement that insurance regulators are ordering Prudential Insurance Co. to repay policyholders...and pay a record $35 million fine...for widespread unscrupulous sales practices at the nation's largest life-insurer.

Noah talks with NPR's Tom Gjelten about hearings today on Capitol Hill about Iranian arms being shipped to Bosnia through Croatia. The House International Relations Committee today heard testimony from the U.S. Ambassador to Croatia, Peter Galbraith.

the 75th anniversary of the 1921 race riots. The riots resulted in dozens of deaths and the destruction of many homes and business owned by the town's prosperous black community.