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2: Actor MICHAEL J. FOX. He got his big break on the hit TV show "Family Ties." He went on to star in a number of films, including the "Back to the Future" series. He's also starred in "Casualties of War" and "Doc Hollywood." Currently he plays a fictional character based on George Stephanopolous in the new movie "The American President." (Rebroadcast from September,

Noah talks with Mike O'Connor in Sarajevo about problems with enforcing the details of the Dayton peace agreement. Bosnian Serbs have set up checkpoints to control the movement of Bosnian Muslims...checkpoints that go against the agreement. However, NATO says it can't get involved in the details of enforcing all the elements of the agreement.

Commentator Reynolds Price explains why he doesn't pray in church, but does worship in the privacy of his home.

who spearheaded the Reagan administration drive for the "Star Wars" anti-missile defense system.

Vicky Que visits a New Mexico courtroom, where a real judge presides, as teenagers charged with alcohol-related traffic offenses are tried by their peers. After Judge Tommy Jewel hears the case at the Albuquerque Juvenile Justice Center, the program coordinator, another adult, helps the teenage jury discuss the testimony and decide the punishment.

Today's issue of the scientific journal Nature reports that crows reshape twigs and leaves to get to insects that the birds normally couldn't reach. The clever crows live on the island of New Caladonia, northwest of Australia.

Alan Cheuse reviews paleontologist George Gaylord Simpson's novel, "The Dechronization of Sam Magruder." It's a time-travel adventure with echoes of H.G. Wells. (Publisher: St. Martin's Press)

Guest film critic STEVEN VINEBERG reviews "Georgia."

We hear an excerpt from the Rule of Saint Benedict, who wrote a guide for monastic life in the sixth century. It is that Rule which the monks at Weston Priory follow to this day.

NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports that peanut subsidies are under attack by reformers in Congress who say the program costs consumers too much. Defenders of the program say price supports protect the family farm. Opponents say the program is being abused by people who benefit but don't actually grow anything.