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Today the Justice Department releases a draft review of the FBI's Carnivore Internet Surveillance system. The eavesdropping software has come in for a firestorm of criticism from civil liberties groups. NPR's Larry Abramson reports.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports on Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza. The settlements are a major point of contention between Israelis and Palestinians. Both sides lay claim to the land, and recent violence in the region is making passions run even higher.

Bellamy Pailthorp reports on a strike that has workers for both the city's daily newspapers walking the picket line. About a thousand employees went on strike last Tuesday, primarily over the issue of wages.

NPR's Jack Speer reports on General Electric's power transition. Retiring chief executive Jack Welch will leaving his spot to Jeffrey Immelt, currently head of GE's medical systems unit.

Harnessing the power of thought could help paralysed people control their artificial limbs by willing them to move. NPR's Larry Abramson reports on an experiment with monkeys that brings this possibility one step closer.

Three is the title of three new one-act musicals on stage in Philadelphia. They are produced by Hal (West Side Story, Phantom of the Opera) Prince as a way of encouraging young talent that is not getting a chance on Broadway. Elizabeth Perez Luna reports.

NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports on President Clinton's visit to Vietnam. The president praised the Vietnamese for their cooperation in helping the U.S. find the remains of missing veterans, and he visited an excavation site.

NPR's Anne Garrels in Gaza reports there is widespread skepticism among Palestinians about the latest cease-fire plan. Islamist hard-liners say Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will not be able to stem the violence.

Host Bob Edwards talks with LA Times reporter Mark Fineman in Cairo about the latest findings in the investigation into the terrorist attack on the USS Cole and the vessel's slow progress back to the United States aboard a Norwegian transport ship.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem reports violence in the West Bank today continued past a deadline set by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak for a halt to Palestinian attacks on Israeli troops.