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NPR's Christopher Joyce reports on a new study of what children are being taught about the environment. The study says the environmental education needs to be overhauled because it's currently indocrinated with pro-environmental ideology. But supporters of current curricula say they're just presenting the facts.

Children's horror author R.L. Stine is wildly popular with schoolchildren...and a popular target of parents, who want his books off the shelves of elementary school libraries. John Biewen of Minnesota Public Radio reports on a debate that illustrates what some see as a gray zone between selection...and censorship.

NPR's Mary Kay Magistad reports on efforts to preserve the cultural heritage of the city of Shanghai, as the breakneck pace of development in China has created a demand for the destruction of old buildings and neighborhoods. Preservation efforts include the creation of a photographic record of parts of Shanghai that are targeted for "renewal."

NPR's Martha Raddatz reports on NATO Commander General George Joulvan (JAHL-win), who says war could return to Bosnia unless the different ethnic groups can devise a way to live together. He says it's up to the civilian population, not the military.

NPR's Joanne Silberner reports that a new study from Johns Hopkins University calls into question the practice of giving allergy shots to prevent asthma in children. Experts say that new drugs to keep the lungs open have made the shots obsolete. But not all allergists agree.

Roger Morier (MOHR-ee-ay) reports from Paris on the French decision to investigate the seizure of artwork by Nazis and the Vichy French during the second World War. Nearly two-thousand works of art hanging in French museums came mainly from Jewish collections.

Historically, immigrants to America have settled in the nation's cities. But more often, newcomers are finding their way to smaller rural communities in the Midwest, such as Pelican Rapids in western Minnesota. As Minnesota Public Radio's John Biewen reports, the newcomers are bringing about a quiet transformation of the town.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports from North Dakota on the extent of the damage caused by extensive Spring floods. The worst may be over, but volunteers are banding together to keep an eye on the flood waters, which continue to rise due to wamrer temperatures which are melting a deep snowpack.

The Senate panel investigating campaign fundraising today reached a bipartisan agreement on sending subpoenas to some conservative non-profit groups. Democrats want to investigate whether some of the groups ilegally coordinated campaign efforts with the Republicans. NPR's Peter Overby reports.

The proposed tobacco settlement may have been the the talk in the halls of the RJR-Nabisco shareholders meeting today in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Officially, though, the business at hand was to decide whether to split the tobacco and food divisions of the company. From member station WFDD, Michelle Johnson reports.