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NPR's Mike Shuster reports that some of America's allies, as well as many in the US business community, are not happy with legislation agreed to yesterday that will tighten sanctions against Cuba. After Cuba downed two American planes last weekend, President Clinton and Congress worked out their differences on the proposed law. Countries such as Canada, which does a lot of business in Cuba, are angered that the bill would permit lawsuits against foreign companies which invest in Cuba.

tee-Ace inhibitors that experts say may prolong the life of people in advanced stages of the disease. Physicians experienced in treating people with AIDS also enhance the longevity of their patients. But all of this will cost a lot.

about plans to resurrect the airline as a full-service but low-cost carrier, based in Miami. Gandt is not optimistic the new Pan Am will be successful.

V - Commentator Katherine Kersten says that although parents may closely supervise what their kids eat, seek out the best schools and monitor homework---they exercise little oversight and impose few standards when it comes to movies, TV and video games that fill kids' afterschool hours. Since entertainment is part of charachter building, that means beavis and butthead are the role models. she says children need to adopt heros and heroines worthy of admiration.

Linda speaks with Robin Roberts of ESPN and ABC about tonight's match- up between Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan. Both had retired from the game and with Magic's return this week, both are back...and Robin says it's like a dream come true! She also talks about Girls and Women in Sports day...and says it's important for young girls to see strong, aggressive, and talented women athletes in action.

a political columnist for the Atlanta Journal Constitution, about the primary in Georgia next week. Georgia is one of nine states holding primaries on Tuesday, and a key state in determining southern voter sentiment this election year.

involving a man whose grown daughter suddenly remembered how her father killed her childhood playmate 20 years ago has. His 1990 conviction was overturned in 1994, and now this case of repressed memories is being retried.

where a Serb sniper was killed by NATO forces, two U.S. servicemen were wounded by a landmine, and the U.N. is launching an investigation of a suspected mass gravesite in northeastern Bosnia.

economic developments that are frustrating working families, a crucial group of voters. NPR's White House correspondent Mara Liasson reports.

The Senate Whitewater Committee is wrapping up the week's hearing schedule with more witnesses from the fringes of the controversy. Republicans are keeping the panel going with second-tier witnesses, because the independent counsel has barred them from calling the higher-profile players during his investigation. The committee chairman, Sen. Alphonse D'Amato, hopes he can keep the panel in business long enough to get that possibly-explosive testimony. NPR's Jon Greenberg reports.