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Republicans and the Clinton administration resumed skirmishing over the budget today. The temporary legislation that allows the federal government to operate is set to expire next week, raising the spectre of a third partial government shutdown. While the House and Senate took action today, NPR's Chitra Ragavan reports President Clinton says he'll veto the proposed new spending measures as they're currently written.

Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai reads from a poem in memory of the victims of last week's terrorist bombings in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The 1989 poem is titled "The Third Poem about Dicky" and is part of Amichi's "Huleikat" collection.

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.