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Leda (LEE-dah) Hartman of New Hampshire Public Radio reports on New Hampshire, the only state not to honor Martin Luther King with a day of his own. This year it gets a bit uglier, as a white supremacist group from Mississippi stages a demonstration at the statehouse.

WITH THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY JUST WEEKS AWAY, THE DEMOCRATS HAVE BEGUN CAMPAIGNING. PRESIDENT CLINTON IS RUNNING MORE OR LESS UNOPPOSED IN HIS PARTY'S PRIMARY, BUT HIS SUPPORTERS NONETHLESS ARE COURTING DISENCHANTED REPUBLICANS. NPR'S TOVIA SMITH REPORTS THEY'RE GETTING AN AUDIENCE.

NPR's Trevor Rowe reports from the United Nations of concern over the immediate future of the International War Crimes Tribunal investigating atrocities in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia. Just as the investigation is reaching critical mass, it appears the chief prosecutor, Richard Goldstone, is about to leave his post.

NPR's Debbie Elliott reports that Louisiana's new governor, Mike Foster, is moving to abolish affirmative action programs in state government. The state's black leaders say that's sending the wrong message to Louisiana's African-American citizens, who make up 30 percent of the state's population.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports that of the hundreds of new cars and trucks on display at the annual auto show in Detroit, none is attracting more attention than the Plymouth Prowler, a brand-new knock-off of the "hot-rod" that became popular in the fifties.

Laura Sydell of member station WNYC reports that guilty verdicts were reached today for all of the defendants in the New York landmarks bombing trial. Sheik Omar Abdul Rachman and others were accused of planning to bomb prominent sites in New York City.

NPR's Martha Raddatz reports from Tuzla about the continuing American ilitary deployment in Bosnia. The deployment has been somewhat delayed because t's been difficult to get heavy military equipment across some of Bosnia's ivers.

NPR'S MARA LIASSON REPORTS ON HOW PRESIDENT CLINTON IS TRYING TO BUILD PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HIS PROPOSAL TO SEND 25-THOUSAND U.S. GROUND TROOPS TO BOSNIA ONCE A PEACE AGREEMENT IS SIGNED.

NPR'S MICHAEL GOLDFARB REPORTS ON A DOCUMENT REVEALED THIS WEEK IN BRITAIN THAT HAD BEEN SECRET FOR 50 YEARS. DURING WORLD WAR TWO THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TRIED TO CENSOR ONE OF ITS MOST CELEBRATED AUTHORS -- P.G. WODEHOUSE.

NOAH talks to reporter Joe Palca about the fat substitute, Olestra, that was just approved by the FDA. Critics have warned that it could cause people to lose valuable nutrients, leading to long-term health problems like cancer and blindness. Proponents say it will help people maintain a low fat diet.