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Development to tear down low income high rise apartments in inner city Baltimore, and move tenants to the suburbs. The HUD proposal tentatively settles a class action lawsuit brought by public housing tenants.

could mean for President Clinton and the preparations for that possibility at the White House.

Following news that the mayors of Athens and Sparta today signed a symbolic peace agreement ending the Peloponnesian War, NPR's Neal Conan speaks with some modern scholars of classical times to find out why this conflict is still studied some 2,500 years after it ended.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports on the measures President Clinton will take against Cuba in response to Havana's shooting down of two unarmed civilian planes this weekend. Clinton says he is asking Congress to pass legislatin that allow the administration to compensate the families of the victims with money from Cuban assets frozen in the United States. He says the United States also will step up the embargo and the propaganda war against Cuba and cancel all charter flights between the United States and the island nation.

The internet may test our rules for what on-line democracy means..but our commentator Stuart Cheifet says this industry may provide us with an ideal candidate for president.

President Clinton today unveiled the detailes of his 1.64 trillion dollar budget. It includes a new tax credit for families with small children, and a tax deduction for college fees, while it increases capital gains taxes for some investors. The budget increases federal spending by four per cent. The White House says the budget will lead to a balanced budget by the year 2002, and the President called on Congress to pass a balanced budget before the election. But Republican leaders were critical today. NPR's Mara Liasson reports. (5:00) -b- 9. IRS & 2nd BAPTIST - NPR's Lynn Neary reports on a new initiative that targets churches for I-R-S investigations. "Americans United for Separation of Church and State" filed a complaint today with the IRS against Second Baptist Church of Houston. The complaint accuses the church of violating its tax exempt status by publishing specific, partisan voting instructions in a project pamphlet. Second Baptist Church of Houston is one of the largest churches in the country with more than 22-thousand members.

NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports on the diplomatic tangle with China over its failure to curb counterfeiting of American intellectual property. Computer software, CDs, and numerous other easily copied goods continue to pour out of China a year after the Chinese government agreed to crack down on this trade. American companies say they're losing billions, but they don't speak with one voice. Microsoft, for example, wants sanctions, but Boeing fears the Chinese will retaliate by buying planes elsewhere.