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NPR's David Welna reports on the tensions in Nicaragua growing out of a dispute over the results of last month's presidential election. Even though Nicaragua's electoral council today finally confirmed the victory of the conservative former mayor of Managua, Sandinista candidate Daniel Ortega refuses to concede, saying there was fraud. The conflict is making the business community and foreign investors increasingly nervous.

The United Steelworkers Union's agreement with Bridgestone/Firestone Manufacturer, the giant U-S tire manufacturer to end a labor dispute that has been going on for more than two years. NPR's Don Gonyea reports that both sides say that they got what they wanted out of the settlement.

This year's winner of the National Book Award for poetry is Haydn Carruth for his collection of poems entitled "Scrambled Eggs and Whiskey: Poems 1991-1995". Carruth did not attend last night's awards ceremony in New York City because of poor health. For many years he has struggled with depression so severe that at times he has been unable to leave his house. Rebekah Presson has this profile of Carruth, who at age 75 has won many prestigious awards for his poetry and literary criticism.

to win the presidency, there will still be major changes in the White House. As many as six members of President Clinton's cabinet will resign...including Secretary of State Warren Christopher and Defense Secretary William Perry. The administration says it's simply reorganizing for President Clinton's second term.

in the West Bank and Gaza.

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Officials at the Army's Aberdeen Proving Ground say they are searching for any other offenders in the sex scandal at the training installation. So far three male trainers, including two drill instructors have been charged with rape and sexual harassment of more than a dozen Army women. The base commander also says he's reiterating a "buddy system" policy, under which each recruit has a partner to keep watch over him or her at all times. NPR's Phillip Davis reports.

Robert talks with Daniel Patrick Moynihan about his new book, "Miles to Go: A Personal History of Social Policy," a compilation of Moynihan's speeches and essays about social policy spanning three decades. (12:00) STATIONS: "Miles to Go: A Personal History of Social Policy" is published by Harvard University Press.

and Marshall Whitman of the Heritage Foundation about the electorate's message to the politicians. A message that demands both side "get along with each other."

Commentator Alice Furlaud takes a moment to stop and consider the possibility that meat-eating may go completely out of style, given the Mad Cow disease crisis and continued concerns about E.coli bacterial contamination. She wonders what the cost of going totally meatless would be for certain cultures...such as the Swiss. (4:00) (S