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Netday '96 gets underway in California tomorrow. Netday is an ambitious, volunteer effort to get the state's schools wired for internet access. President Clinton, who called the event a "high-tech barn-raising," plans to be on hand as a local high school is wired.

Nearly three-thousand United Automobile Workers are on strike at the General Motors plant in Dayton, Ohio. NPR's Edward Lifson reports that some GM assembly plants are running out of brake parts and engine bearings because of the strike.

Noah talks to author David Shields about women who wear glasses and the erotic appeal such women hold for Shields. Shields reads passages from his book "Remote" on this subject. He says glasses say to him that the woman is so beautiful, so perfect that she can risk covering up that beauty. He also fantasizes about the moment a when a woman with glasses removes them before going to bed; a moment the stranger can only imagine.

missile tests off the coast of Taiwan -- a move that has increased tensions in the region.

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.

Linda Gradstein reports the terrorist bombings that have shaken Israelis this week are now reshaping the election campaign. The opposition Likud Party is gaining ground, since the public believes it would get tougher on the Palestinians.

Less than two years after Missouri opened it's first casino, the state's division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse reports that addiction to gambling is increasing. NPR's Laura Ziegler reports that the gaming industry is working with Missouri and other states to alleviate the problem.

Richard Holbrooke's return trip to the Balkans this weekend. Holbrooke is trying to soothe tensions among Serbs, Croats and Bosnians, which are threatening further implementation of the Dayton peace accord.

Steve Inskeep of member station WBGO reports on a commuter train crash in New Jersey this morning in which 3 people were killed and more than 100 injured. Officials suspect one of the trains ran a stop signal.