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NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports..Majority Leader Bob Dole acknowleges that he trails President Clinton by a wide margin among female voters. But Dole says the gender gap is merely a perception problem and his plan to address it is to emphasize his legislative record.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports on the end of "Social Promotions" in the Chicago school system. Under this policy, students were graduated to high school even if they did not meet eighth grade graduation standards. Now students will only be able to graduate to high school if they meet academic requirements.

The Democratic Party hopes to raise $11 million at a Washington, DC shindig tonight, just a little less than Republicans hauled in at a gala of their own early this year. What do donors get for the checks? What about voters? Peter Overby reports.

- NPR's Eric Weiner reports from Cairo on the conclusion of the Arab summit and Isreali Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's reaction to it. Arabs called on Isreal to continue the peace process and warned of consequences if they don't. Netanyahu accused the Arabs of dictating the terms for peace.

Robert talks with Newsweek Washington correspondent Michael Isikoff about today's report that Bruce Lindsey, a close advisor to President Clinton, has been named as a co-conspirator in the current Whitewater trial. Although Lindsey is not being indicted, this latest news is more trouble for the White House.

What's behind the "discount" in a "discount airline" like ValuJet? NPR's Jim Zarroli reports on how the growing number of no-frills airlines cut their expenses, and whether an airline can lower operating costs without raising questions about safety.

The Democratic Party hopes to raise $11 million at a Washington, DC shindig tonight, just a little less than Republicans hauled in at a gala of their own early this year. What do donors get for the checks? What about voters? Peter Overby reports.

NPR's Mary Kay Magistad reports on diplomatic attempts to mend relations between the US and China. A meeting between the US secretary of state and China's foreign minister at the Hague tomorrow is the first since the Taiwan crisis last month, and both sides are talking optimistically.

NPR's John Nielsen reports on a Republican convention being held in Washington, D.C. this weekend. A large number of Republican State Chairmen and party advisors are meeting with national leaders to organize attacks on President Clinton and other Democrats before the Republican convention in San Diego.

This time of year, the population of High Point, North Carolina doubles, as more than 70-thousand furniture industry executives descend on the city from all over the world. Adam Hochberg explored the seventy square acres of furniture in High Point this week and filed this report.