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NPR's Jon Greenberg reports on the numbers involved in the debate on welfare reform. There are many statistics on welfare, and politicans involved in the issue have been choosing stats that support their point of view.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports on this morning's Israeli abinet meeting at which it was decided to extend Israel's three-week-old losing of the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Vicky Que (QUAY) of member station WHYY reports on programs across the country that deal with the teen pregnancy rate, from vows of "Secondary Virginity" to peer discussion groups.

Reporter Karen Michel take a look at humankind's constant esire to avoid growing old. She speaks with sociologists, gerontologists and a ew elderly folks visiting the "Fountain of Youth," in Florida.

Reporter Karen Michel (mee-shell) visits the North American resh Water Fish Museum, Shrine and Hall of Fame in Hayward, Wisconsin and ncounters a giant "muskie".

Deidre Berger reports on the past week's events in the North Sea, where Shell Oil changed it's plans to dump an oil rig in the ocean, after protests from Greenpeace.

NPR'S TOM GJELTEN REPORTS ON EFFORTS BY THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION TO SUPPORT U.N. PEACEKEEPERS IN BOSNIA, AND EXAMINES WHETHER THE U.N. MISSION IS WORTH SAVING.

THIS WEEKEND, THE NEW YORK EDITION OF NEWSDAY CLOSES DOWN TOMORROW...ANOTHER VICTIM OF NEW YORK'S NEWSPAPER WARS. NPR'S BROOKE GLADSTONE REPORTS.

NPR'S JULIE McCARTHY REPORTS ON THE THE DEBATE NOW GOING ON IN JAPAN ON WHETHER PARLIAMENT OUGHT TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE NATION'S ROLE IN WORLD WAR II.

NPR's Chitra Ragavan reports that while federal agencies and departments are finally back at work again, a daunting task awaits them -- catching up with nearly a month's workload.