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We remember the actor Vince Edwards, who died today at age 67 from pancreatic cancer. Edwards played Dr. Ben Casey in the 1960s TV series of that name.

Commentator Elissa Ely talks about her brief flirtation with the legal profession as a member of her high school debating team. Examining her old text book and the notes scribbled into the margins, she sees in them the signs of a non-lawyer to be.

Daniel meets up with this 22 year old African American comedian who now stars in a new ABC program called "Buddies". The sit-com has received some poor reviews but Chappelle is drawing positive attention. Much of Chappelle's humor focuses on racial issues, but Chappelle says he's not trying to offend people - he just wants them to think.

Mark Gillespie of Alaska Public Radio Network reports on the increasing media and corporate hoopla surrounding the annual Iditarod dogsled race. Once a solitary match of human endurance and skill against nature's worst, it's become a huge logistical operation akin to a military campaign, complete with platoons of camp followers eager to borrow from race's notoriety.

NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports on how the issue of education has evolved since the last presidential campaign. Four years after George Bush and Bill Clinton vied for the right to be the "education president," the Republicans competing for their party's nomination have fought strongly against the idea that Washington should have any role in education. When Bob Dole, Steve Forbes and Pat Buchanan do bring up educational issues in their campaigns, America's schools often appear as an example of a larger moral decline these candidates say they will reverse if they get to the White House.

A court in Little Rock has been hearing opening statements today in a case in which President Clinton is expected to testify. A special prosecutor is making a fraud case against the president's former business partners James and Susan McDougal and Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker. NPR's Jon Greenberg reports from Little Rock that one prosecution witness says then-Governor Clinton pressured him to make a government-guaranteed loan to Mrs. McDougal. Mr. Clinton denies the allegation.

today in the first trial connected with the Whitewater land deals. Federal prosecutor, Ray Jahn, alleged that through a series of complicated real estate deals and business loans, Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker and Susan and Jim McDougal -- former business partners with the Clintons -- conspired to defraud the government.

Robert talks with 18 year old Jacob Lurie, who won a $40,000 scholarship in the Westinghouse Talent Search for his theoretical work with surreal numbers. Lurie talks about his project and the elegance of mathematics.

Noah talks to Judy Wiesman (WIS-man), the mayor of Weyauwega (wy-uh-WEE-guh), Wisconsin about a train accident in the town. On Monday, 35 cars of a Wisconsin Central Ltd. train derailed. Propane from the cars ignited and caused a fire that destroyed a feed mill and continues to burn. Weyauwega residents who were evacuated may have to stay away from their homes for as long as three weeks before the danger of fire has passed.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports on the 60th anniversary of Consumers Union, publishers of Consumer Reports.