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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.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on the rift between secular and religious Jews in Israel. In the wake of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin by a religious Jew, many find they are being characterized as extremists. But religious Jews condemn the assassin's actions, saying they would never condone murder on religious grounds.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports from Sarajevo on the return of some Bosnian Muslims to suburban homes they were forced from four years ago. The Muslims lived in Vogosca ((VOH-gohsh-cha)) and had been kicked out by Bosnian Serbs. Under the Dayton agreement, the neighborhood has been put back under the control of the Bosnian government.

NPR's Ina Jaffe has the final segment in a report on how brain injured people try to compensate for the memory loss and other cognitive disabilities they've suffered. While medical advances have saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of brain injured people, these survivors have few places to turn, and little money to pay, for this kind of difficult rehabilitaion.

NPR's Michael Goldfarb reports that a date has been set for all-party peace talks to begin in Northern Ireland. The talks will begin June 10 following elections in May. Reaction by the various factions has been generally positive. The leader of Sinn Fein, the political arm of the Irish Republican Army, has asked for more specifics about the talks.