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The government has too many secrets according to a report issued today by The Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy. The commission, chaired by Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, (D-NY) says that the government's "culture of secrecy" hinders decision making and wastes billions of dollars each year. The panel says that new procedures aimed at reducing the number of classified documents will better protect the relatively few documents that are important to national security. NPR's Neal Conan reports.

Chayes is a former NPR reporter, is now field director of Afghans for Civil Society. It's a non-profit, non-governmental organization founded to promote a democratic alternative and to assist in the development of a civil society. ACS involves the community in reconstruction efforts, from physical reconstruction of a bombed-out village, to organizing a women's income generating project, to launching an independent radio station. The new independent documentary Life After War chronicles the group's efforts. While at NPR, Chayes reported from Paris, Kosovo and Afghanistan.

David Hecht reports on the presidential elections in the West African nation of Senegal. Senegalese opposition leader Abdoulaye Wade won yesterday's presidential election ending 40 years of Socialist Party rule. Wade and his supporters took to the streets of Dakar to celebrate.

Host Howard Berkes talks with BBC reporter David Hecht about the situation in Sierra Leone. They discuss the implications of the tentative peace agreement that is intended to bring an end to the country's eight-year civil war, as well as the release of some of the hostages taken captive last week.

Major League Baseball players are likely to respond with anger over the new report about steroid use in baseball, and make claims of hearsay. League officials and players knew what was going on and turned their backs because of statistics: homeruns, sold-out stadiums.

The Federal Trade Commission says Kentuckians lost more than $6 million last year to scammers and identity thieves.A new report from the FTC shows…

Thursday Update: Murray State University officials say 26-year-old MSU student Reyon Nathan Williams is charged with first-degree rape and second-degree…

In a commencement address at the Coast Guard Academy today, President Clinton attacked Republican proposals for an anti-missile defense system. Senate Majority Leader and presidential candidate Bob Dole is a strong proponent of such a system, and introduced a bill to create it. House Republicans were to have begun debate on their version of the bill today, but have postponed the vote because a new report shows the system would be much more expensive than previously anticipated. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from the Lockerbie trial in The Netherlands that the case against two Libyans accused of bombing Pan Am Flight 103 now rests in the hands of the three judges. Defense attorneys concluded their summation today, and the presiding judge called a recess. The defense said the prosecution case against the Libyans was "incoherent" and failed to eliminate reasonable doubt about the men's guilt. The special Scottish court will convene again on Tuesday, when the judges will give a progress report on their deliberations.

The latest on the deadly floods in central Texas, new data reveals FEMA missed major flood risks at Camp Mystic, CDC reports U.S. measles cases this year hit highest level in 33 years.