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NPR's Margot Adler reports on a novel Federal ruling in which a New York judge has held that victims of handgun violence can sue the firearms industry to discover whether it failed to take steps to prevent sales to illegal buyers.

N-P-R's Linda Gradstein (grad-steen) reports from Israel on the apture Friday of HAssan Salameh, who the Israelis beleive is responsible for hree suicide attacks earlier this year. The capture has raised fears that the sraeli elections 10 days from now will be a target for disruption.

Since the Oklahoma City bombing, the American public has become more informed about right-wing miltia groups. NPR's Don Gonyea reports that over the past year many militia members have shifted their efforts towards challenging local government's right to enact laws.

P-R's Wade Goodwyn reports on today's memorial services.

NPR'S MARGOT ADLER REPORTS ON THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF WORLD AFFAIRS AT COLORADO UNIVERSITY, A VENERABLE BUT QUIRKY GATHERING OF ARTISTS, POLICY WONKS, SCIENTISTS AND WRITERS WHO HAVE BEEN GATHERING IN BOULDER SINCE 1948 TO DISCUSS SEX, ROCK AND ROLL AND THE STATE OF THE PLANET.

For years, ranchers and environmentalists have locked horns over who gets to use the land and how. But many on each side are getting tired of all the fighting and now, as Sandy Tolan reports, they're starting to work and even manage the land togther.

NPR's John Ydstie reports the economy showed signs of renewed strength in the first three months of the year. The Commerce Department says the nation's gross domestic product grew 2.8% in the first quarter, a faster rate of growth than most analysts expected. Healthy levels of cnsumer spending and business investment.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on the reaction to the life sentence given to Yigal Amir, the man who assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin last November. Most people welcomed the sentence, though they have yet to come to terms with the traumatic events surrounding the assassination.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on the fighting in Lebanon and the prospects for diplomacy in solving the confrontation between Israel and Hezbollah. Israeli Prime Minister says he will continue the shelling until Hezbollah stops its attacks, and other countries seem to be taking a wait-and-see attitude.

Charles Scanlon reports that early results from South Korea's parliamentary elections suggest a stronger-than-expected showing for the ruling party. However, it may still lose its majority in the National Assembly, with voters angry at what they perceive as an authoritarian style of government.