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Rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews the new collection from REM, "New Adventures in Hi-Fi" (Warner

which is attracting national attention. Incumbent Democrat Ronnie Earle has been targeted by Republicans for trying unsuccessfully to prosecute Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison two years ago. Earle failed in his attempt to convict Hutchison of misusing the office of state treasurer during her campaign for the U.S. Senate.

As a public service, NPR is participating in a program with other television and radio news outlets which is providing free airtime to the two major-party candidates in the upcoming Presidential election. These messages come directly from the two campaigns and are presented in an unedited form. Tonight's message comes from Republican candidate Bob Dole.

who were once fervent supporters of Benjamin Netanyahu and are now among his fiercest critics.

Historian and author NELL IRVIN PAINTER. She is a Professor of American History at Princeton University. She's written a biography of the ex-slave and fiery abolitionist who was born Isabella Van Wagenen and rechristened herself Sojourner Truth. "Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol." (W.W. N

NPR's Mara Liasson reports on Republican presidential hopeful Bob Dole's campaign trip to New Jersey today, where he talked about his 15 percent tax cut proposal. He was accompanied by N.J. Governor Christine Todd Whitman, whose own tax cut proposal three year's ago helped her with a come-from-behind victory on election day.

Pan Am Flight 21 from New York to Miami took off on schedule this morning. Nothing unusual there... except the name of the airline. Pan Am is back in the air again today after going out of business in 1991, the victim of years of mismanagement and a terrorist bombing. The new investors who bought the right to use the Pan Am name are hoping they can use that name to succeed against heavy competition. NPR's Jim Zarroli has a report.

1996 is the 75th anniversary of the Filofax...the small, organizing notebook that, for some, has replaced the personal secretary. British writer Michael Bywater has had a love affair with the Filofax...loving the look and feel of the organizer---and fantasizing about everything that his Filofaxes could do for him. But it's been a turbulent relationship.

How does the venture capital process work? How important are venture capital firms in sparking entrepreneurial activity? Chris Arnold profiles one influential Silicon Valley firm, The Mayfield Fund.

to end big government.