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Pentagon scientists say they've found evidence of ice at the moon's south pole. The finding means it might be easier to establish human colonies on the moon. But the moon's south pole is a foreboding piece of real estate -- it's perpetually dark and ultra-cold. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

The graduate students who teach half the classes and grade most of the papers at three University of California campuses have been out on strike all week. NPR's Richard Gonzales reports that the strike is aimed at gaining bargaining rights. The University system says these teaching assistants aren't "workers."

NPR's David Welna reports from the Cuban capital, Havana, n signs that communist leader Fidel Castro may be normalizing relations with he Catholic church. Hopes have been raised ever since Castro invited Pope John aul the Second to visit Cuba during their first face to face visit last month n Rome.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports that the United States is alarmed at the escalating fighting in the West Bank and Gaza and is calling on all sides in the clashes not to take "unduly provocative action." US officials are surprised at the speed and level of the violence and are afraid it is endangering the Middle East peace process that they thought was slowly moving ahead.

NPR'S Eric Weiner reports that the Bhutto family history is marked by both power and tragedy. The father of recently deposed prime minister Benazir Bhutto was hanged by his political opponents. And there are allegations that Benazir Bhutto indirectly contributed to her brother's death. Some Pakistanis are now saying that the Bhutto name has been indelibly scarred by Benazir Bhutto's recent behavior.

Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary announced in New York today the details of a $4.8 million settlement for victims of radiation experiments. The experiments were conducted during the Cold War, without the appropriate informed consent of the participants. It is hoped the settlement will restore confidence in biomedical research...confidence that was tarnished by these experiments. NPR's Margot Adler reports.

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports on a controversial National Park Service project to remove wild ponies from the outer banks of North Carolina. The Park Service says the ponies are destroying the island's natural vegetation; animal rights activists are worried about the ponies' precarious futures.

NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on the continuation of OJ Simpson's testimony under questioning by his defense lawyers in his civil trial. The trial is part of the "wrongful death" suit filed by the families of murder victims Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson. An attorney for the plaintiffs will also get a chance to question Simpson today.

It seems certain that New York City will have less than one thousand homicides...for the first time since 1968. Crime overall is down throughout the city...Melissa Block reports on what this drop in crime means, and how the city's police force brought about the changes.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports that two months of protest against the Milosevic government in Belgrade Serbia hasn't changed anything in Serbia...but it has caused a ripple effect in the rest of the Balkan peninsula. Demonstrators in Bulgaria and Albania are in the streets protesting against their governments. The reasons aren't exactly the same in each country, but the underlying themes are: improved economies and democratic reforms.