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Commentator Captain Rosemary Mariner calls for a return to the concept of "vertical accountability" in the military. Recent allegations of sexual misconduct in in Army training schools violate one of the most basic moral concepts in the military; if these are allegations are true, we should be disciplining people at the top of the pyramid, not the bottom.

Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary announced in New York today the details of a $4.8 million settlement for victims of radiation experiments. The experiments were conducted during the Cold War, without the appropriate informed consent of the participants. It is hoped the settlement will restore confidence in biomedical research...confidence that was tarnished by these experiments. NPR's Margot Adler reports.

The corporate battle for control of the Conrail railroad moved to federal court in Philadelphia today. Conrail agreed to a merger with CSX last month, but another railroad, Norfolk Southern, quickly countered with a higher bid. Whoever wins the merger fight will have a dominant position in the eastern United States. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports that many Conrail workers are worried that their jobs will be lost when the merger goes through.

to keep a rare type of whale alive after it washed up on an isolated stretch of the Texas coast over the weekend.

Daniel Schorr says that as an agreement on Hebron draws near, both the Israelis and the Palestinians are attempting to put their own spin on the reasons for the delay.

Conservatives are outraged at a California judge's decision to prevent the enactment of California's anti-affirnative action referndum. They say the will of the people shouldn't be overruled by the courts. Commentator Jacob Weisberg points out inconsistencies in their argument and explains that the conservative dislike for judicial activism was born in the political climate of the 1980s and needs rethinking.

NPR's Michael Goldfarb in London reports on new facts emerging from inspectors who are looking at the damage in the train tunnel underneath the English Channel between Britain and France. Monday night, a freight train caught fire. There were no serious injuries to passengers or crew, but the tunnel has been shut down. Questions yet to be answered concern safety for future train transport, and how the shut-down will affect the financial future of the Chunnel.

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to de-regulate the banking industry. Under the new proposal, banks would be free to venture into other lines of business, such as insurance and real estate.

of the >Times of India about the controversy in India over the Miss World contest.