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President Clinton will be videotaped on Sunday testifying as a defense witness in the Whitewater trial in Little Rock. The defense hopes his testimony will undermine the credibility of the chief prosecution witness. Charged in the fraud case are the president's former business partners and Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker. NPR's Mara Liasson reports on how the testimony will be handled and what will happen to the videotape.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on United States officials' worries that the leaders of the Bosnian Serbs are still in power four months after the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement. The accord calls for Radovan Karadzic and General Ratko Mladic to step down. The two have been indicted by the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal. Arrest warrants have been issued.

It's the money that the federal govt. coughs up when it takes tax paying local land off the tax rolls. This money usually goes to local schools, but Washington is late with it's payment this year and some in Congress want to reduce it dramatically anyway. Madeline Brand of member station W-B-G-O reports.

After the Oklahoma City bombing, the country suddenly took note of the rhetoric coming from far-right radical groups such as the numerous citizen militias and separatists such as the Posse Comitatus. Now, reports NPR's Howard Berkes, similar links are being made between the suspected Unabomber and the inflammatory language of some radical environmental groups.

NPR's Richard Harris reports that dinosaur bone hunter Paul Sereno today unveiled his latest finds, including the skeleton of a huge meat-eating dinosaur that once roamed what is now Africa. Sereno and his colleagues unearthed the remains while hunting for dinosaur bones in the Sahara. The creature is giving scientists a better picture of dinosaur evolution.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on Israeli prime minister-elect Benjamin Netanyahu's first speech to the Israeli people. Netanyahu narrowly defeated incumbant Shimon Peres to become the nation's youngest-ever head of government. In his speech Netanyahu commited his government to continuing the peace process with the Palestinians and Arab neighbors.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports...republicans on capitol hill are sturggling to come up with a way to pay for the temporary gas tax repeal they want to vote into law. And democrats want to make sure consumers get the benefits of any tax cut. Democrats also are trying to come up with a way to bring to a vote..legislation to raise the minimum wage.

Now that Orange County has managed to climb out of the nation's largest municipal bankruptcy in history, the disaster seems, in retrospect, one that appeared mostly on paper. But as NPR's Elaine Korry reports, the nightmare was all-too-real to the people who make Orange County run...and it won't be over for some time.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Florence, Italy, where more than 40 nations have concluded their review of the peace process in Bosnia. The final statement calls for the ouster of Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic (RAH-doh-vahn KARE-uh-ditch). It also sets September 14th as the date for national elections.

Music reviewer Mark Jenkins has a report on music from some of today's all-girl bands who call themselves "Riot Grrrls." (GIRLS) Their style features confrontational, in-your-face lyrics, and an uncompromisingly frank attitude about men, sexuality, and modern life. Jenkins takes a look at music from the Raincoats, Bikini Kill, and Sleater-Kinney. (IN STEREO)