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NPR's John Neilsen reports that during the Clinton Administration federal use of wiretaps has been up sharply. Now the FBI and Justice Department want to make it easier to monitor conversations on everything from telephones to computers. Civil liberties experts say the changes will not help reduce the terrorist threat.

NPR's Vicki O'Hara reports that Saudi Arabian officials have arrested a number of suspects in connection with the June 25th bombing at a U.S. military housing complex, which killed 19 Americans.

In his late seventies, Bluesman Archie Edwards is still going strong. He's working at his Washington D.C. barbershop of many years, playing with the many musicians who stop by, and teaching them a style of music few musicians play anymore: the Piedmont Blues. Lex Gillespie reports.

Joe Palca reports on how scientists are trying to determine which parts of the brain control memory and recognition.

The BBC's Angus Roxburgh reports on a meeting in the Kremlin on Chechnya. The head of Russian security, Alexander Lebed, brought back some proposals from rebel leaders in Chechnya to be discussed with Russian Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin. One of the proposals is a a referendum in Chechnya on its future relation with the Russian Federation.

When he accepts the Democratic Party's nomination tonight, the President is expected to announce a jobs program for welfare recipients that will cost more than three billion dollars. NPR's Edward Lifson reports that the proposal is an attempt to heal a rift in the Democratic Party over the new welfare reform bill.

Charles Scanlon reports that authorities in South Korea were still in a standoff with university students in Seoul who are calling for reunification with the North. Student protests have turned violent in recent days and the government has threatened to use force the students out of a university building.

NPR's Martha Raddatz reports that in Saudi Arabia, U-S troops are to begin moving to more secure locations. The move will cost an estimated 200 million dollars, and Saudi Arabia has agreed to pay for half of it. The move follows last month's bombing at a facility housing US military people that left 19 Americans dead.

Linda talks with NPR's Sylvia Poggioli in Sarajevo. The international supervisors have announced that the first chairman of the three-man presidency for Bosnia will be the Alija Izetbegovic, the leader of the Bosnian Muslims. Earlier today, Sylvia was in Pale, the stronghold of the Bosnian Serbs. She reports the mood there is glum.

NPR's Ann Cooper reports that President Clinton has said the purpose of U.S. air strikes on Iraq were necessary to Saddam Hussein's aggression in the region. But many analysts say a more long-term policy is needed to bring about new leadership in Iraq.