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NPR'S JIM ZARROLI REPORTS ON WHY, AFTER HEARING GOOD ECONOMIC NEWS, WALL STREET SENT STOCKS AND BONDS SHARPLY LOWER ON FRIDAY.

NPR's Chitra Ragavan reports that the Library of Congress' employee union is challenging the library's practice of ordering psychiatric exams for certain workers. The union says the library uses the practice to get rid of employees who had disputes with their supervisors. Library officials say they have used the tests to help workers and protect the institution.

NPR's Jon Greenberg reports that the Harold Ickes, top political operative at the White House, testified today before the Senate Whitewater Committee. Republicans questioned his credibility and hinted that the White House is deliberately delaying release of requested documents. The committee is continuing hearings on the Clinton administration's response in early 1994 to investigations into the Clintons' real estate dealings in Arkansas.

Frank Browning reports on the debate among health professionals at San Francisco General Hospital over how that institution should respond to the competition from HMOs. Public hospitals used to be able to devote a lot of time and public money to taking care of the poor. But with for-profit HMOs now offering to care for the poor at a lower cost, public hospitals are being forced to reorganize.

Book critic MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews "Lieutenant Nun: The Memoir of a Basque Transvestite in the New World" by Catalina De Erauso (published by Beacon).

Professor of Government at Colby College, about how the leading Republican Presidential candidates are doing in their efforts to raise campaign money. They discuss how much each candidate has and how much he needs. Over the next six weeks, the leading candidates are expected to spend substantial sums on television ads.

and reports on reaction by the conservative commentator's supporters to last the night's primary results.

Forbes' campaign in Buffalo and other parts of upstate New York in preparation for today's primary election. Forbes projects optimism as he stops to shake hands and ask potential voters for their support. Polls show him trailing well behind Bob Dole.

One of the things learned in any teaching hospital is an argot -- the private language used behind the scenes. Linda and Noah read entries from the glossary of medical slang prepared by the writers of the TV program "ER."

2: Art historian and curator MARK ROSENTHAL. He is curator of the new exhibition "Abstraction in the Twentieth Century: Total Risk, Freedom, Discipline" at the Guggenheim Museum in New York (Feb 9 - May 12). There's also a companion book to the exhibition, same title, published by Guggenheim. ROSENTHAL is Curator of Twentieth Century at the National Gallary of Art, Washington D.C. and formerly Consultative Curator at the Solomon R. Guggeheim Museum.