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Interview with LEON FLEISHER continued.

Robert and Noah mark the 80th anniversary of the battle of Verdun during World War I by reading the poem "Grass," by Carl Sandberg.

between World chess champion Garry Kasparov and a supercomputer by the name of Big Blue. Big Blue took the first round last Saturday, but Kasparov came back to take the second match yesterday.

President Clinton says he will sign a Defense Bill containing provisions the president has opposed, including requiring the military to discharge service members who carry the AIDS virus. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

Local TV news is the subject of a new novel, "LIVE AT FIVE" by David Haynes. Alan Cheuse says its a smart book about what television news does and doesn't tell the audience.(2:00) 2B CUTAWAY 0:59 Funder 0:29 XPromo 0:29 CUTAWAY 2B 0:29 RETURN2 0:29 NEWS 2:59 NEWS 1:59 THEME MUSIC 0:29 2C 13. POLITICS -- Linda talks with NPR political correspondent Elizabeth Arnold in Arizona and Boston Globe reporter Jill Zuckman in Georgia about the latest developments from the GOP campaign trails.

and inexpensive computer whose only role is to connect the user to the Internet. The Oracle Corporation says it's the answer to criticism that personal computers are still too expensive and complicated.

NPR's John Burnett reports on the neighboring border towns of Columbus, New Mexico, and Palomas, Mexico. At a time when anti-immigrant rhetoric is popular, these two cities have developed a cooperative, complementary relationship that capitalizes on each of their strengths.

Independent film director, writer and editor MARK RAPPAPORT. His newest film is "From the Journals of Jean Seberg," about the actress Jean Seberg. The movie is a "fictitious autobiography" and places Seberg's life and work in a political context of the 1960s. Seberg's life ended in a tragic suicide. She grew up in Iowa, was best known for her role in Jean Luc Godard's "Breathless," and Otto Preminger's "Saint Joan." In the 60s she got involved with the Black Panthers. The film stars Mary Beth Hurt as Seberg, and also uses footage and photos of Seberg

in the New Hampshire primary to conservative commentator Pat Buchanan raises concerns about his candidacy. Supporters say the loss should serve as a wake-up call to the Republican party.

President Clinton has nominated Federal Reserve board chairman Alan Greenspan to a third four-year term at the nation's central bank. In addition, the president moved to fill two open slots at the Fed, nominating his budget director, Alice Rivlin, and St. Louis economist Laurence Meyer for vacant seats on the board. The renomination of Greenspan was expected and it has the support of the financial markets. NPR's White House correspondent Mara Liasson reports.