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NPR's Richard Harris reports that two mathematicians have independently arrived at conclusions that show that the inclusion of wild cards in poker games upsets the balance of five-card poker. When wild cards are included, the hand that's technically the hardest to achieve does not always win the game.

On Tuesday the House of Representatives elects a leader, and despite grumblings from some members, Republicans are likely to give Newt Gingrich a second term. But the House Ethics Committee still must decide how to punish Gingrich for a series of infractions. And NPR's Steve Inskeep reports that Gingrich is considering giving up the job temporarily.

A new study in this week's issue of Science shows that a single gene controls all sexual behavior -- heterosexual and homosexual -- in male fruit flies. Males engage in an elaborate courtship dance. The female's behavior largely consists of running away. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

For years, liquor companies have conformed to an unwritten moratorium on advertisements for their products on television and radio. But NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that the Seagrams company has decided to defy the ban, insisting the industry's restraint has placed it at a competitive disadvantage to wine and beer companies who regularly buy tv and radio time for their ads.

Virginia Biggar reports from Los Angeles on continuing testimony in the OJ Simpson civil trial over the deaths of Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman. The defense is finding it difficult to introduce claims of police malfeasance, as they were able to do in the criminal trial.

Each year some 50,000 Americans are afflicted with Parkinsons disease, a neurological disorder that can cripple the body's movement. But according to federal statistics, the government spends far more money per patient studying other neurological diseases. Daniel reports on how Parkinsons activists are determined to work the system to make their suffering a national priority.

NPR's John Ydstie reports that the market has made a strong comeback in the last two weeks...with the Dow recovering much of the ground it lost during the month of July. The comeback in the Nasdaq market hasn't been as pronounced, but even there analysts are impressed with the equity market's resilience.

NPR's Martha Raddatz reports that President Clinton claims the United States is helping Iraqi dissidents compromised by US support flee from their former "safe haven" in Northern Iraq. But there is no evidence on the ground that such help to those Iraqis targeted for arrest and execution by Saddam Hussein is in fact being provided.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Moscow that Russian troops are locked in battle in Chechnya for a third day. Gunships and jets have been firing on rebel positions inside the capital of Grozny ((GROHZ-nee)). The casualties are said to run into the hundreds. The fighting and heavy casualities will cast a shadow on tomorrow's inauguration ceremony for Russian President Boris Yeltsin.

Veteran reporter Robert Trout reminisces about the protests in Paris and Chicago in 1968. He was an eyewitness to both the Mai '68 marches and the protests outside the Democratic National Convention. All in all, he says that the Parisian students had a better sense of humor about the whole thing.