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NPR's Jim Zarroli reports on the reached settlement of the office building workers strike in New York City. 35,000 workers have been striking since the beginning of the year in a dispute over pay for new hires. Rank and file union members vote today on the proposed settlement.

NPR's Mara Liasson reports on President Clinton's isit yesterday with American troops in Germany. He got his biggest ovation when e siad the rules of engagement would allow U.S. soldiers to use "decisive orce" if attacked. This morning he signed the authorization to send the troops

Danny talks to Washington Post reporter Susan Schmidt about the Senate Whitewater committee's decision yesterday to subpoena the White House for notes on a meeting at which the president's personal lawyers and aides discussed Whitewater. The White House has refused to release the notes, invoking Mister Clinton's attorney-client privilege. Schmidt says the matter is likely to be decided by the courts during the coming presidential election year.

Two bombs went off in Israel today, killing at least 24 eople. It's the largest number of Israeli deaths in a terrorist attack since he signing of the Israeli-PLO peace accord. An initial blast on a crowded bus n Jerusalem was followed by a second blast in the coastal town of Ashkelon ASH-keh-lohn). Linda Gradstein reports.

President Clinton is enjoying the luxury of a primary season in which he can campaign as much or as little as he chooses without fear of losing because he is unopposed for the Democratic nomination. NPR'S Mara Liasson reports that the lack of opponents gives him several advantages over his Republican rivals, who have to defeat one another for the GOP nomination. .

NPR's John Burnett reports that in the wake of yesterday's Texas primary, gay Republicans are attending GOP precinct conventions to counter the Christian Right's anti-gay influence. This represents the beginning of a concerted campaign by gay Republicans to influence the party platform.

NPR's Joe Palca reports that researchers think they have figured out the function of the "breast cancer gene." Scientists have found evidence that the gene produces a protein that controls cell growth. And in experiments in the laboratory and in mice, the protein appears to shrink breast cancer tumors, suggesting it may provide a new way to treat breast cancer.

Illinois is the 10th US state to pass a law allowing courts to take guns away from people convicted of abusing a spouse. NPR's Edward Lifson reports that the law has found its most vocal opponents among the state's police officers, who now face the prospect of losing their service revolver if they are convicted of spousal abuse.

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on the country's biggest bust of computer chip thieves. More than 500 officers converged on hideouts and arrested 43 people from a high-tech ring that has been victimizing computer-chip businesses in Silicon Valley. The stolen microchips, worth up to $550 each, have been feeding an international gray market in stolen computer parts.

Beth Fertig reports on an ambitious housing project begun in New York City by the then powerful Republican Gov. Nelson Rockefeller. The housing project named Roosevelt Island. It was supposed to be a urban utopia....built to house rich and poor. But it has relied heavily on state support. So in these times of shrinking budgets, financial commitment to the island may be waning and residents are worried.