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As technology continues to advance, some ndividuals will have the means to gather information at an unprecedented rate. ess priveledged American citizens run the risk of being excluded from this omputer-driven future because of their lack of access to these modern tools of ommunication. NPR's Margot Adler reports on recent efforts by African-American rofessionals to bring high-tech equipment and information into their ommunities.

WHILE THE FATE OF TWO FORMER FOLLOWERS OF THE LATE BAGWAN SHREE RAJNEESH, THE FLAMBOUYANT MYSTIC WHO ATTEMPTED TO CREAT A UTOPIAN COMMUNE IN THE HIGH DESERT OF OREGON FOURTEEN YEARS AGO, HAS BEEN DETERMINED, HAVING BEEN CONVICTED YESTERDAY OF CONSPIRING TO KILL A FEDERAL PROSECUTOR IN 1985, THE FUTURE OF THE RAJNEESH FACILITY IS YET UNKNOWN. FROM ANTELOPE, OREGON, LEY GARNETT REPORTS.

NPR's Debbie Elliot reports that if you survey the wake drawn this week by Hurricane Opal, you'd find that the barrier islands off the northwest coast of Florida were especially hard hit. Residents who'd fled the area returned today for a temporary visit...that's all the authorities would allow them... to see what the storm had done to their homes and businesses.

Organizers of an international womens forum near Beijing today called an emergency meeting with Chinese officials. They demanded that Chinese security forces stop harassing delegates and preventing free access to forum sites. Organizers say if offiicals don't ease up on security by noon tomorrow the forum could be ended early. NPR's Mary Kay Magstead reports from the conference.

This past week a round of hearings were held by House nd Senate committees on the future of the United States Department of Commerce. oung Republicans have made the case that the government should not be involved n the regulation of free trade, but NPR's Chitra Ragavan (Chih-trah ah-gah-vahn) reports that the difficulties surrounding the elimination of this epartment and its functions could prove more complicated than the Republicans ntially expected.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with NPR reporters Sylvia oggioli in Belgrade and Andy Bowers in Sarajevo about the lastest news from the ormer Yugoslavia, and the diplomatic efforts to bring an end to the fighting here. Discussions toward a peace settlement were fostered this past week by ombing by NATO jets and artillery of Bosnian Serb strong-holds throughout the ar-torn region.

NPR's John Greenberg reports that the White House and the Republican-controlled Congress continued flinging rhetoric at each other today, as a Monday night deadline looms ahead for the shutdown of the federal government. At issue is legislation extending the government's borrowing and spending authority. President Clinton says he will veto the legislation because the Republicans have attached riders affecting medicare and other programs. This piece examines what the fight is about.

NPR's Melinda Penkava reports on the complicated issue f federal benefits to legal aliens. The new Republican "Contract with America" alls for the cut-off of welfare benefits to all immigrants. While defenders of he plan believe we cannot afford to continue financial support for legal mmigrants, critics find the proposal neglectful and unreasonably inhumane.

Robert Smith of member station KUOW in Seattle reports on the esolution of a dispute between the State of Washington and American Indian ribes over fishing rights. A federal judge has ruled that early treaties give 4 tribes the right to harvest half of the shellfish along Puget Sound. Now, ashington State and the tribes will need to find a way to balance treaty rights ith private property rights.

Jacki Lyden examines the issue of political freedom in the third part of her series on Iran..She visits an intellectual magazine that was first published just 18 months ago. The magazine is called Goftegu which means "dialogue" in farsi and is a sign of a slight relaxation in the Government's attitude towards freedom of thought and expression. However, as Jacki Lyden reports, Iran has a long way to go before many of its intellectuals will be free to fully express their ideas.