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Baseball season officially begins tonight in the United States. NPR's David Welna reports it is not only a favorite American spectator sport, it is also hugely popular in Cuba where it is played year round. Welna was in Havana earlier this month, just in time for the opening games of Cuba's Revolution Cup.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says Russian President Boris Yeltsin's new Chechen ceasefire may be more about politics than peace.

Yeltsin's plan to end the war in Chechnya. Yeltsin proposes withdrawing some Russian troops and possibly holding talks with Chechen rebels. He has all but conceded he cannot be re-elected in June if no peace settlement is reached.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on the reaction to the proposal by Prime Minister Shimon Peres to hold a national referendum on the peace process. Yasser Arafat denounced the idea, as did Peres' opponent in the May 29 election. The terrorist group Hamas weighed in with a threat to conduct more suicide bombings.

The flexible workplace is up and running at Hewlett-Packard. HP employees not only help set their own schedules, but also decide whether to job share or telecommute. Small manufacturers are also getting more flexible. NPR's David Molpus visits a North Carolina textile mill to show how things are changing.

Commentator Murray Horwitz tells what it was like yesterday at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinatti when umpire John McSherry collapsed and died at the opening game of the baseball season. Horwitz had attended ball games with his parents in Cincinatti - and was taking his teenager daughter. McSherry, who was 51 years old, suffered sudden cardiac death. The game was delayed to today; Horwitz described the atmosphere there and the matter of fact way his daughter described it afterwards.

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In eastern Pennsylvania's 15th District, a hard fought campaign for the U.S. House seat is already underway. The incumbent Democrat won by a razor thin margin two years ago, and the 1996 election promises to be just as close. NPR will chronical the campaign in this swing district throughout the year. NPR's Steve Inskeep introduces the candidates.

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Andy Bowers takes us through the fits and starts as Europe continues its 40 year movement toward a union of 15 states.