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NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on the debate in Los Angeles over how to prepare for the next big earthquake. In the two years since the Northridge quake, Los Angeles's biggest, scientists and engineers have discovered that while most buildings withstood the quake and loss of life was relatively low, the cost of repairing buildings so people could reoccupy them has been overwhelming.

Linda Gradstein reports from Jerusalem on efforts to teach Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza the basics of voting in advance of elections for a president and legislative council in the autonomous territories. The elections on Saturday are the first time Palestinians have ever participated in the Democratic process on their own land.

NPR's Jon Greenberg has the latest on yesterday's collision involving two passenger trains in Silver Spring, MD., outside Washington,D.C. At least 11 bodies have been recovered from the wreckage. Today it was learned that among the dead are eight Jobs Corps students who were traveling home for a holiday weekend. The National Transportation Safety Board is looking for the cause of the crash. Today, NTSB spokesmen said both trains -- an AMTRAK passenger train bound from Washington to Chicago, and a smaller commuter train -- were moving at the time of the crash "not at a crawl."

Danny talks with Kim and Reggie Harris, who are black, and Greg Artzner and Terry Leonino, who are white, about their musical collaberation as a mixed-race singing group that performs songs about African-American history and other political issues. They talk about how race has...or has not...affected their relationship and their performing styles. Their cd is called "Spoken in Love," (Long Tail Records).

Danny talks with State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns and also Ruth Wedgwood, Senior Fellow for International Organizations and Law at the Council on Foreign Relations about the importance of using the right names in political and diplomatic discusions. Wedgewood says that the use of a certain name amounts to a form of rhetorical warfare, and misnaming can be taken as an act of hostility. Burns says that communications between countries is particularly problematic for the United States because of its position of power in the world - other countries pay a lot of attention to what the U.S. says. They give several examples of controversial names including the use of the country-name "Macedonia" - the Greek government objects to a former Yugoslav republic calling itself by that name.

Larry Pratt, a co-chairman of Patrick Buchanan's presidential campaign, has stepped aside following allegations that he has been a featured speaker at white supremacist meetings. Pratt denies any links to racist groups, and says he hopes to put the charges to rest and then rejoin the Buchanan campaign. The allegations surfaced in a report on the associations of leaders of the various presidential campaigns, and NPR's Peter Overby has more on that study.

Robert talks to Brock Meeks, chief Washington correspondent for Wired magazine, about the case of William White, a student at the University of Maryland. White posted a message on several Internet newsgroups urging people to call a woman White claimed was abusing her daughter. Recipients of the message harrassed the woman without verifying the truth of White's statements. Meeks says that because computer communication is new, people tend to forget that the information imparted is not necessarily accurate.

JERRY BERMAN is Executive Director of the Center for Democracy and Technology. Its mission is to develop public policies that advance democratic values and constitutional civil liberties in new computer and communications technologies. His group has joined a coalition of on line services, telecommunications companies, librarians, and others in filing a federal suit seeking less restrictive means to protect minors on the internet. (The Center for Democracy and Technology is located in Washington, D.C. (202) 637

conference that begins Friday morning in Italy and also the latest developments in the case of three foreign nationals -- believed to be Iranian-trained mujahideen -- who were arrested by French troops Thursday.

2: Actor HARVEY KEITEL, who first gained attention in a series of films by Martin Scorcese, including Taxi Driver, where he played Jodie Foster's pimp. Keitel's latest films include Pulp Fiction, Smoke, Blue in the Face, and From Dust Till Dawn. (REBROADCAST from 1/13/92) INT. 3: Neal Gabler, author of a biography of Walter Winchell. He'll talk about Winchell and the power of celebrity. Martin Scorcese has bought the film rights to his biography of Winchell. (REBROADCAST from 10