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NPR's Vicki O'Hara reports on allegations that campaign contribuitions to President Clinton by a wealthy Indonesian family may have been illegal. In Indonesia, the contributions would be perceived as business as usual. But in the U-S, they have prompted renewed calls for campaign finance reform.

Scientists have now found hundreds of genes that either cause disease directly or predispose people to develop certain diseases. This information has enormous implications for health and life insurance industries, but some worry it will be used to discriminate against people because of the genes they were born with. NPR's Joanne Silberner reports.

The Federal Communications Commission will vote sometime soon on new standards that will have an enormous impact on the future of the television industry. The standards cover digital broadcasting -- also known as HDTV or high definition television. But as the FCC vote approaches, opposition from the computer industry is mounting. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports.

NPR'S Sunni Khalid reports that many countries in the Middle East went on record as opposing today's attack by U.S. forces on Iraq. Israel said it stood with the United States, but key Arab countries... considered to be U.S. allies... were noticeably silent.

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports on the ongoing battle over the fate of the Cape Hatteras lighthouse. The striking black-and-white striped lighthouse, on North Carolina's outer banks, is in danger of falling into the ocean. Beach erosion is the culprit -- and no one can agree on how to save the historic structure.

- NPR's Cheryl Devall reports on the mood in Saint Petersburg, Florida today. On Thursday, riots broke out after a white policeman shot and killed and African American he'd pulled over for speeding. A state of emergency was declared yesterday, but the city was calm last night and today.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports from Jerusalem that just when Israelis and Palestinians appeared to be nearing agreement on new conditions for an Israeli withdrawal of its troops from Hebron, the talks stalled and no agreement is expected soon. Both sides blame each other.

NPR's Michael Goldfarb reports on the Swiss government's investigation of allegations that Swiss Banks misappropriated money deposited by victims of the Holocaust, and then stonewalled efforts of the victims' families to recover the money. It's one of several efforts by European governments to come to terms with their treatment of the families of Holocaust victims.

An ambitious program to keep unemployed youths out of gangs has been started in Pittsburgh. The city created a business to offer an alternative to gangs, with jobs and the chance to improve their neighborhoods. The young people involved also get a chance to run the company. Jonas Chaney of member station WDUQ reports.

- Two of America's biggest corporations -- Avis Rent-A-Car and Nissan -- are moving to terminate ties with franchise owners that have discriminated against blacks. NPR's Adam Hochberg reports that the moves suggest a growing corporate sensitivity toward discrimination issues in the wake of revelations last month that Texaco Corporation engaged in a pattern of racial discrimination.