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Laura Seidel reports from New York on the extradition to Oklahoma of convicted double murderer Thomas Grasso. Grasso had been serving a sentence of 20 years to life in New York--a state with no death penalty--but is scheduled to be executed in Oklahoma early tomorrow morning.

FROM LONDON, NPR'S ANDY BOWERS REPORTS THAT LAST NIGHT'S RULING BY THE U.S. SUPREME COURT THAT STAYED THE SCHEDULED EXECUTION OF CONVICTED MURDERER AND RAPIST CLARENCE LACKEY IS SUPPORTED BY THE BRITISH BAR WHICH, THIS WEEK, FILED A FRIEND OF THE COURT BRIEF ON HIS BEHALF.

ECONOMY: SCOTT SIMON AND JOSEPH NOCERA (no-SER-ah), A BUSINESS COLUMNIST FOR GENTLEMEN'S QUARTERLY MAGAZINE, TALK ABOUT THE SALARIES OF MANY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AND HOW THEY REMAIN HIGH WHILE THEIR COMPANIES REPORT LOSES AND LAY OFF WORKERS.

When Primary Election season comes around, locations designated or the regional events often cause competition among states. From member tations W-U-W-M in Milwaukee, Andrea Rowe (ROH) reports that smaller states may xperience growing pains since so many of the larger states plan to hold their rimaries at the same time.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports on the role of omen in the Israeli military. In Israel, both men and women are drafted for ompulsory military service - but women's service is shorter and women don't erve in combat units. Many people say it's time for a change.

On this April Fools Day, NPR science reporter Joe Palca has a story about a body of water called the The Firth of Forth, which runs through the Scottish city of Edinburgh, and a plan to use high-tech magnets to part the waters, the better to handle rush-hour traffic with.

NPR's Anthony Brooks reports on the debate at Brown University over school funding for women's sports. Under a federal law called Title IX, schools are required to offer men and women the same opportunities as far as athletics are concerned. But, critics of Title IX say the law is damaging to sports programs for men.

NPR'S ANNE GARRELS REPORTS ON AN AMERICAN WOMAN WHO MOVED TO THE GEORGIAN CAPITAL TO TBLISI, IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION, AS A BUSINESS CONSULTANT AND IS DEFYING THE ODDS AGAINST FOREIGN INVESTMENT GENERATED BY FOUR YEARS OF WAR. SHE HAS OPENED UP A GUEST HOUSE CALLED "BETSY'S PLACE."

Bill Cohen of Ohio Public Radio reports on the first of five ational "town meetings" organized by the House Budget Committee. The forums ill cover the details of the proposed Balanced Budget Amendment, with the goal f gaining a better understanding of how American citizens outside the beltway erceive the current budget debate.

NPR's Michael Sullivan reports on the state of civil security in Haiti. Many people feel safer now that there is a multinational security force maintaining the peace, although there is still some violent crime. Even though a Haitian police force is being trained, many Haitians are worried about what will happen when the multinationals leave.