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President of the Committee for the Capital City, a group formed recently to work expressly for retrocession: returning most of the District of Columbia to Maryland.

has some thoughts on the Los Angeles freeway system. She says it helped explain the problem men have with asking for directions.

Rwanda, about the United Nations tribunal, which has begun to indict Rwandans on charges of genocide. The U.N. is charging them with allegedly taking part in thousands of killings in Rwanda in 1994. The first two men to be charged are being held in Zambia but will be tranferred to Tanzania for trial later this year.

issues relating to last Friday's train crash in Silver Spring that killed 11 people.

NPR'S Edward Lifson reports on the last day of campaigning by Republican Presidential contenders in Iowa.

Robert talks with NPR's Tovia Smith about opening statements today in the trial of John Salvi, accused of murdering two woman at a suburban Boston abortion clinic. His defense lawyers don't dispute murder charge, but they argue Salvi is schizophrenic and should be placed in a mental institution, not prison.

We eavesdrop on a convesation between playwright Wendy

which Washington is expected to threaten economic sanctions unless Beijing does more to stop Chinese piracy of American goods.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports from the American sector of the NATO implementation force zone in northern Bosnia. In spite of a more agressive position taken by NATO on behalf of the International War Crimes Tribunal, American soldiers don't expect to be apprehending indicted war criminals any time soon.

Commentator Larry Magid looks at the pros/cons of tax software.