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Beth Fertig reports on an ambitious housing project begun in New York City by the then powerful Republican Gov. Nelson Rockefeller. The housing project named Roosevelt Island. It was supposed to be a urban utopia....built to house rich and poor. But it has relied heavily on state support. So in these times of shrinking budgets, financial commitment to the island may be waning and residents are worried.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on the rift between secular and religious Jews in Israel. In the wake of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin by a religious Jew, many find they are being characterized as extremists. But religious Jews condemn the assassin's actions, saying they would never condone murder on religious grounds.

Robert talks to Dr. Gary Hack, who teaches at the dental school at the University of Maryland at Baltimore. Yesterday he presented a paper on his discovery of a previously undescribed muscle in the face. He says that it is attached behind the eye and to the top of the jaw and helps us to chew. Many anatomists are skeptical, saying that it is highly unlikely that there could be a muscle in the face that was not previously discovered.

DR. FRED SHEFTELL is the co-founder of The New England Center for Headache and the co-author of the book, Headache Relief. He's also co-authored the new book, Headache Relief for Women: How You Can Manage and Prevent Pain (Little, Brown & Co.) (The New England Center for Headache is located in Stamford, Connecticut). (THIS INTERVIEW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE

The death of a snowboarder buried in an avalanche is the fifth in Colorado this year. Mark Roberts reports that technology designed to locate people caught in avalanches is only useful if people cooperate. But search and rescue experts say the new breed of backcountry 'boarders and outdoor enthusiasts are risk-takers.

Noah speaks with Bill Phillips, a senior editor at Little, Brown about his purchase of the manuscript, "Change of Heart," by Claire Sylvia. The author claims that shortly after she received heart and lung transplants, she began having vivid dreams about the life and identity of the anonymous donor. Little, Brown paid $800,000 for hard and soft-cover rights, and a movie deal is said to be in the works.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Moscow on one of the largest investors in Russia to date: the Coca Cola company of Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Coca-Cola's efforts to do business with the Russians is a study in stubborness... a stubborn company facing off against the inertia of the Russian bureaucracy.

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports that a divorce case in New Jersey is raising questions about computers and modern relationships. A husband has charged his wife with adultery for exchanging steamy love-notes via electronic mail with a man she's never met. The wife charges the husband with an invasion of privacy for reading her e-mail without permission.(5:00) 4. RECALL OR UPGRADE - Commentator Stuart Cheifet says that the computer industry is unlike any other ...after consumers spend thousands of dollars on new products, those investments become obsolete in eighteen months...and rather than offer trade ins or recalls, you are just expected to spend more money.

Rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews Aimee Mann''s new release, "I''m with Stupid." (G

Maureen Corrigan review Atticus by Ron Hansen.