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Host Jacki Lyden speaks with NPR reporter Tom Gjelten about he escalating situation in Bosnia. This week the fall of the UN-declared safe-area" of Srebrenica (shreb-eh-NEE-see-uh) triggered the largest exodus of ulsim refugees since the beginning of the three-year-old Bosnian war.

Following this past year's baseball strike, many fans have pted to put away their banners and caps as an act of defiance and disgust with he business of baseball. But the citizens of Cleveland, Ohio, are enjoying a evival of interest in the all-American sport. Joe Smith reports on the rise of ommunity support for the Cleveland Indians baseball team.

Debate over the viability of the Legal Services Corporation will esume when Congress returns to the nation's capital in early September. This egal agency has provided attornies for the public in civil court cases since t's creation by Congress in 1974. NPR's Debbie Elliot reports on the various erceptions regarding the controversial program.

NPR's John Burnett reports on the level of trash piling up n the beaches of Texas, and its effect on the marine life just off the coast. his piece is excerpted from NPR/National Geographic's "Radio Expeditions: ceans of Life", a radio documentary special which will air on many NPR stations n the coming week.

NPR's John Nielsen reports on the day's negotiations on Capitol Hill over reopening the federal government. The White House today responded to an offer presented by Republicans last night..with its own counter offer. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers nationwide have been furloughed since Monday.

NPR's Elaine Korry reports that California has relaxed regulations which would have required that two percent of the vehicles sold in California by 1998 emit zero emissions. For all practical purposes this would have meant putting electric cars on the market. Carmakers have been fighting this mandate ever since it was passed.

NPR'S John Greenberg reports that the House of Representatives today passed a resolution that would reopen Social Security and Veterans benefits offices across the country. Forty percent of the government's offices have been closed since Monday due to an impasse between Congress and the White House over how to balance the federal budget.

NPR'S Howard Berkes reports on the controversy surrounding Utah Congresswoman Enid Waldholtz and her husband Joe. Mr. Waldholtz surrendered to federal authorities yesterday. He is accused of illegally funding his wife's congressional campaign. The controversy has turned what was once considered a promising political career upside down.

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports that, after a bitter and hard-fought election campaign that left the Virginia Senate divided evenly between Republicans and Democrats, the parties have come up with a unique power-sharing arrangement. Legislators say they are trying to avoid the kind of gridlock they see in Washington so they can deal with the issues facing the state.

NPR's Vicki Que reports on a new test to determine whether people have a gene that's linked to Alzheimer's disease. She says there's an ethical debate among physicians over whether it makes sense for people to know in advance that they're likely to get a disease for which there's no cure.