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TEVEN LEVY recounts the dramatic battle between world chess champion Garry Kasparov and the cutting edge chess program "Deep Blue."

Twelve days ago citizens of Weyauwega, [wy-uh-WEE-guh] Wisconsin were evacuated from their homes following the derailment of railroad cars carrying fourteen propane tankers. Wisconsin Public Radio's Gil Halsted reports on life at a hotel where more than fifty evacuated families have been staying.

of the contest for the 1996 Republican Presidential nomination. After conferring with his advisors yesterday, Forbes decided against continuing. He won the Arizona and Delaware primaries since then has not finished higher than third. Forbes spent at least $25 million of his own money on the campaign.

The FBI today said they've arrested more than a dozen suspected mob leaders indicted by a federal jury on 25 charges. Several of them were arraigned today in Detroit. NPR's Don Gonyea reports that virtually every mob leader in Detroit has been indicted.

Michael Radford is an English director whose film, Il Postino, made in Italy, has been nominated for five Academy Awards. Radford talks to Robert about directing a film in a foreign language, and the different approaches in making AIDS commericals in England and France.

Linda talks to London Times crime correspondent Scott Tindler, who is covering events in Dunblane. Tindler says such crimes are much less common in Britain than they are in the United States, largely because of the U.K.'s restrictive gun laws.

Ron Taylor, the headmaster of the Dublane elementary school where a gunman opened fire yesterday, speaks to the news media for the first time since the incident. He tells how unprepared he was for the carnage, and how the school and the community will survive.

Daniel speaks with NPR's Elizabeth Arnold about what Bob Dole stands for and how his stand on issues has changed throughout his career. Arnold says that Dole has always been a fiscal conservative but that beyond that issue, he sees his role more as an effective legislature than as a political visionary.

Jyl Hoyt recently visited Peru, and prepared this piece about efforts there to legalize the coca leaf. Coca, which produces the base substance of cocaine, is banned by the United Nations. Farmers in Peru argue that the leaf itself is no more addictive than a couple of cups of coffee. They say they ought to be able to use the leaf in products like tea or toothpaste, and if coca were legalized, they would no longer have to sell the leaf illegally to drug dealers.

about President Clinton's efforts to revive peace negotiations in Northern Ireland and in the Middle East. Today the President meets with Ireland's Prime Minister John Bruton. President Clinton just returned from a two-day trip to Egypt and Israel.