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NPR's Nina Totenberg reports on independent counsel Kenneth Starr, who is investigating the Whitewater affair. The Republican Starr has been controversial from the time of his appointment, when there were charges that he had been chosen for political reasons. Now Starr is under attack from Democrats because he has continued to represent private clients, including a tobacco company in a huge class action suit.

A pipe bomb exploded in the doorway of City Hall in Spokane at about 3:00 a.m. this morning. There were no injuries, nor has anyone claimed responsibility. The bomb reportedly contained nails, and sent debris into a nearby courtyard. As Lakshmi Singh of member station KBPX reports, it's the third bomb in Spokane in as many months.

Compensation expert GRAEF ("GRAFE") CRYSTAL. He used to design compensation packages for CEOs. But he's since become critical of the widening gap between what top executives make and what workers do. He recently conducted a preliminary survey of executive compensation in the nation's largest corporations. The survey found that the pay of chief executives has been rising, while that of workers has stagnated.

Scott speaks with filmmaker Joshua Seftel about his documentary "Taking On the Kennedys." It appears on the public television series "P.O.V" next week, and it tells the story of Kevin Vigilante's 1994 Congressional campaign against Patrick Kennedy in Rhode Island.

NPR's John Nielsen reports on a Republican convention being held in Washington, D.C. this weekend. A large number of Republican State Chairmen and party advisors are meeting with national leaders to organize attacks on President Clinton and other Democrats before the Republican convention in San Diego.

As Lebanon begins to rebuild following the most recent conflict between Israel and Hizbollah guerillas, Jennifer Griffin reports on the uncertainty many feel there that the current ceasefire will last.

NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports that thousands of people, many of them children, assembled on the National Mall today. "Leave no Child Behind" was the slogan for the day -- in an event organized by Marian Wright Edelman, founder of the Children's Defense Fund. Children and adults from across the country were there -- no official crowd estimates yet. Conservatives criticized the event, saying it was just a party where liberals could push for more government spending.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports from Chicago on an exhibit of old Dick and Jane books. Dick, Jane, their loyal dog Spot, and other characters were the backbone of reading primers widely used in American schools through the sixties.

3: IRA KAY is the Practice Director of Watson Wyatt's Executive Compensation Practice. He's also the author of "Value at the Top: Solutions to the Executive Compensation Crisis" (Harper Collins).

of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Organizers compared it to Woodstock and predicted a quarter of a million people from church groups all over the country would attend -- but the crowd never got that big. Yesterday, Christian rock bands kept the kids entertained... today, the emphasis shifts from music to guest speakers like Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson.