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The attorney of David Kaczynski, the brother of the man suspected of being the Unabomber, described the family's efforts in the case. Attorney Tony Bisceglie (Biss-SEGG-lee) told reporters that David had begun to suspect the possibility of his brother's involvement in the Unabomb case last summer, because Theodore had written letters and articles with themes and phraseology similar to the Unabomber, and because he had lived in parts of the country associated with the Unabomber. Bisceglie said that after the Unabomber's manifesto was published last year, David worked with a private investigator and a former FBI behaviour analyst before he went to the FBI. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports.

A new study released today reports growing violence on television. The 3-year National Television Violence Study was conducted by researchers from four universities. They found two thirds of the network prime time and cable programs monitored in June 1997 contained physical violence. In comparison, half the programs monitored in October 1994 were considered violent. The study also concluded that the current TV rating system is an inadequate way to inform parents about television violence. NPR's Brooke Gladstone reports.

As the 11th International AIDS Conference convenes in Vancouver, British Columbia, scientists report that they now understand better how HIV causes AIDS. Recently approved drug therapies, combining old anti-viral drugs and the new protease (pro-TEE-ase) inhibitors, have been successful in reducing the amount of virus in the blood. The health of people with the AIDS virus has improved -- they gain weight, some skin rashes disappear and their energy returns. A source says the new treatments may not be a cure...but they're the next best thing. NPR's Joe Neel reports.

Foreign correspondent Neil MacFarquhar writes about a world he knows well — war- reporting in the Middle East — in a debut novel, The Sand Cafe. He tells Liane Hansen what it's like to go from hard news to fiction.

An American missionary organization says it has found what it calls the miracle to eradicate malnutrition: a highly nutritious plant that is known as Moringa Oleifera The organization has started a controversial project to spread the news about the plant in one region of Senegal. David Hecht reports.

David Hecht reports from Equatorial Guinea that although American oil companies are flourishing in the African nation, the people Equatorial Guinea are not benefiting from the investments. According to the United Nations, the majority of the people of Equatorial Guinea are going hungry. Most have no running water, healthcare or education. (5:19

Earlier this week, we reported on a story that suggested Led Zeppelin had been offered a lot of money to reunite, but it appears there have been no offers for a band reunion.

The Associated Press reports that a subcommittee of the House ethics committee will recommend that Speaker Newt Gingrich be reprimanded. A reprimand is a less serious penalty than censure, which would make Gingrich ineligible to serve as Speaker. The full ethics committee is considering complaints that Gingrich used funds from a tax-exempt organization to support political activities. He has admitted to failing to get proper legal advice on the activities, and to providing inaccurate statements to the ethics committee. The committee has been expected to come to a final decision on his penalty by the end of this month. NPR's Peter Kenyon has a report.

While investigating a report of suspected child abuse, New York City police got a surprise: they uncovered a cache of weapons hidden in a false closet in a house in Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighborhood. Thirty-five people were taken into custody, believed to be members of a small group called the Provisional Party of Communism. While only five have been charged, the case will go to a grand jury for further investigation into who the group is, and what they were planning. NPR's Melissa Block reports.

Public health officials say millions of Americans who are at risk for the flu this winter still need to be vaccinated -- and some people who have already gotten shots might need a second dose. The CDC reports that a particularly dangerous strain of the flu is about this year...and even some people who have been vaccinated may not be fully protected. About 5 percent of people who got flu shots this year received a batch of vaccine that isn't as potent as it should have been. NPR's Richard Harris reports.