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after a Serb rocket attack killed one woman and wounded six others. It has been described as the worst violence in the city since the arrival of the NATO peace force.

Richard Hearney is the second highest ranking officer in the U.S. Marines. This past week he visited the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange to see what the energetic floor traders there can teach marines about quick decision-making. Daniel speaks with the general about his experience.

Danny speaks with NPR's Elizabeth Arnold, who's in Iowa attending a debate among all the Republican presidential candidates.

Daniel speaks with Tom Cochran of the US Conferance of Mayors about the state of soup kitchens across the country. Cochran says that the number of people asking for food is rising at the same time that budget cutbacks are limiting the amount of assistance that cities can afford to offer.

NPR's Joe Neel reports that two major studies released today are raising new questions about the value of beta carotene in preventing cancer. The government-sponsored studies failed to find any evidence that beta carotene reduces the risk for cancer. In fact, one of the studies suggests that beta carotene may increase the risk for cancer.

SIMON/ ANTARCTICA: IT RAINED THIS WEEK AT MCMURDO SOUND, ANTARCTICA -- FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 24 YEARS!!! SCOTT GETS A WEATHER REPORT FROM ERIC CHANG AT MCMURDO. 2:45.

Danny discusses the coming deployment of American troops to Bosnia with peace activist Marcus Raskin of the Institute for Policy Studies, former army major Lillian Fluke,. community activist and teacher Janeice View .. and 14-year old student Issetta Mobley. We spoke with the group once before, on July 4, 1994, about the issue of patriotism.

Francois Mitterrand, Deidre Berger looks at the legacy of Franco-German cooperation that has moved Europe closer towards unity.

Laura Womack of member station W-A-M-U in Washington reports the Pentagon is in the midst of a two billion dollar renovation project to update outmoded electrical, water, and sewage systems. The main problem for the workers is working in areas with a lot of top secret material and not compromising national security.

The BBC's Angus Roxburgh [ROCKS-burr-ah] reports from outside a village in southern Russia where some of the hostages held by Chechen gunmen have been released. Negotiations continue...the Chechen rebels want to swap the hostages for their own freedom. The Russians have turned them down.