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Yesterday in Detroit plans were announced to move the city government into the building that has housed the General Motors headquarters since 1920. Roger Adams from WDET in Detroit reports that the move will help maintain the G.M. building, which many consider an architectural treasure.

Drought, rain and cold weather have made this growing season a difficult one for many of the nation's farmers. NPR's Laura Ziegler reports that analysts say a poor corn crop is contributing to higher meat, dairy and poultry prices.

Freshman Senator Robert Torricelli, a Democrat from New Jersey, said today he will not vote for the balanced budget amendment. Torricelli was the final swing vote on the amendment which is now certain to fail in the Senate. NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports from Moscow on President Boris Yeltsin's warning to the West not to include any states of the old Soviet Union in NATO's plans to spread into Eastern Europe. The Russian president made it clear that he would insist on this at next week's summit in Helsinki with President Clinton.

In many schools, new teachers rotate from classroom to classroom. They say that not having a fixed workspace really makes it tough to teach. NPR's Barbara Mantel (man-TELL) reports on how new teachers at Emerson Junior High in Yonkers, New York deal with the problem.

NPR's Joanne Silberner reports that the nation's largest group of internists is recommending against automatic screening tests and exams for prostate cancer. But other groups like the American Cancer Society say that the tests are needed routinely to catch tumors at their earliest stages.

Daniel speaks with reporter Janet Hook about congressional fund-raising practices. Hook, who covers Congress for the Los Angeles Times, says many of the president's fundraising practices which are now the target of so much criticism by legislators are, in fact, common practice on Capitol Hill.

- The leaders of the seven major industrialized nation met in Berlin today to discuss the implications of the strong U.S. dollar for the global economy. NPR's Edward Lifson reports that the G-7 countries appear content with the dollar's strength and hope to keep it right where it is.

The city of Washington D-C is asking the federal government, which, for the most part, resides within its borders for financial help -- billions worth. NPR's Paul Miller reports on how Washington D-C got to be so needy.

NPR's Laurie Neff reports from Jerusalem on the controversry over a proposed new Jewish neighborhood in East Jerusalem. Palestinians object to it, hard-line Israelis support it, and prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is caught in the middle.