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NPR's Cheryl Corley reports from Chicago on an exhibit of old Dick and Jane books. Dick, Jane, their loyal dog Spot, and other characters were the backbone of reading primers widely used in American schools through the sixties.

NPR'S Julie McCarthy reports that the danger of a new conflict looms between the US and Japan over the trade in semi-conductors. The current agreement expires at the end of this month and the countries have been unable to agree on whether to renew it.

Adam Hochberg reports from Raleigh on a lawsuit brought y a former police officer who handed out religious material along with traffic ickets. The cop - who was fired - says his constitutional rights have been iolated.

As the summer's first major storm hits the U.S., NPR's Adam Hochberg will talk with Linda about damage in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and Eileen Leblanc (luh-BLAHNK) of member station WHQR will report from Wilmington, NC. Both cities are in the path of the storm.

- NPR's David Welna reports on the swirl of scandal surrounding Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo. Charges are being leveled that Zedillo, before he became president, was involved in a case involving suspected corruption.

Commentator Susan Aaronson (AIR-un-sun) says that too often, reporters use inflammatory language or dramatic metaphors to explain economic situations...phrases such as "trade war," in describing our relationship with China, are misleading and inaccurate.

Steven Smith of Minnesota Public radio reports on the challenges to creating viable businesses in Black communities. African Americans spend 400-billion dollars a year on consumer items, but Black leaders want a higher proportion of that to go to black-owned businesses.

In California today, Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole addressed high school students about the dangers of drug use and chastised the entertainment and fashion industries for glamorizing drugs. NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports from Jerusalem on oday's start of talks between Israelis and Palestinians which have been rranged to settle the question of Israeli withdrawl from the West Bank town of ebron.

It's been only five days since the elections that returned President Clinton and the Republican-led Congress to power, but already the first signs of tension are beginning to emerge. NPR's John Nielsen reports on the President and Congress' conflicting agendas for the years ahead.