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NPR's Martha Raddatz reports on US reaction to the tensions between North and South Korea, as soldiers from the North violated the buffer zone between the two countries. US officials are confident that the maneuvers will not lead to an invasion of the South.

movie critic for Newsday, about this year's Cannes film festival.

NPR's Linda Gradstein looks at historical and religious strains in Hebron, and how those complicate Isreal's partial pullout the city. Muslims and Jews alike view it as the birthplace of their respective faiths, and neither side wants to withdraw an inch.

Beth Fertig of member station WNYC reports on an investigation by New York City and by the state that shows how the case of abused-to-death 6 year old Elisa was bungled...and how other cases have also slipped through the social welfare cracks.

to regain the fans' trust, minor league teams are having no such trouble. He says the Lansing "Lugnuts" are set to become one of the most successful minor league franchises around.

Robert talks to NPR's Mara liasson about President Clinton's veto of legoslation to ban late-term abortions. The bill would allow the rarely-used procedure to be performed only if necessary to save the life of the mother. Mr. Clinton had lobbied unsuccessfully to have the exception made in cases where the mother's health was in jeopardy as well.

where he has been granted political asylum...

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports that international relief agencies are agonizing over whether to return to Liberia. Most aid groups were forced to abandon the country last month, when renewed fighting shattered the country's fragile peace. Mostly teenage militias ransacked relief agencies' offices and stole their equipment and supplies. Aid workers worry that even if the situation stabilizes and they do return to Liberia, there are no guarantees that things won't deteriorate again.

NPR's Tovia (TOE-vee-uh) Smith reports on a fight in Connecticut and a number of other states over how best to care for mentally retarded adults. A number of states have closed down their mental instituions, favoring instead smaller home based programs. But some in Connecticut defend the state's largest such institution, the Southbury Training School...saying it is not the cold cruel place critics charge it is.

Commentator Lee Cullum says American corporations seem confused about where their chief allegiance should be...too many think they should serve their shareholders at the expense of everybody else--that's faulty thinking. Business leaders share three vital constituencies--customers, employees and shareholders.