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The name of a Dutch gypsy jazz guitar trio and the name of the tribe from which the musicians come. It's led by 16 year-old phenomenon Jimmy Rosenberg. The group is following in the footsteps of the legendary Belgian guitarist Django Reinhardt... and carrying on a gypsy tradition that encourages youngsters to pick up musical instruments as soon as they can walk. Dean Olsher reports. The trio's new CD is called "Sinti." It's on Columbia Records.

Ten thousand sales representatives are traveling to Orlando this weekend to celebrate the 50th birthday of the bowl with the burp. At first the new looking pastel colored bowls and cups didn't sell... that is until the company launched the home party. Tupperware is now updating it's look and hoping to boost it's U.S. sales. Sally Watt of member station WUSF reports.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Moscow that the Russian national security chief, Alexander Lebed, is back in Chechnya trying to stop the most recent fighting. This second trip is raising hopes that he can close on a deal to end the war...a war that has killed at least 30-thousand people and created more than half-a-million refugees.

The Israeli Justice Minister resigned after the attorney general put him under investigation. But, as NPR's Linda Gradstein reports from Jerusalem, the real crisis in the new Israeli cabinet is a bitter split between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister David Levy (LEH-vee) over who will control negotiations with the Palestinians.

The civil trial of O.J. Simpson begins today. NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on a flurry of motions, which includes a limit on the defense team's assertion of the theory that Simpson was framed by racist police. Because the trial is an action brought by the victims' families for monetary damages, the burden of proof for the plaintiffs is far less rigorous than it was for the district attorney's office.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports from Moscow on the latest flap between Russia the the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO. The Kremlin is upset about a tour of several former Soviet republics by the NATO Secretary General, Javier Solana (HAH'-vee-yay soh-LAHN'-ah). A spokesman said the tour is anti-Moscow. NATO and Solana say it isn't.

With few clues, experts today are trying to decipher the belief system that may have led to the mass suicide of 39 people yesterday in Rancho Santa Fe, California. Some speculate that the group, which called itself the "W.W. Higher Source," may fit the profile of a so-called "doomsday cult." Religious experts are also intrigued by the group's connection to technology. NPR's Lynn Neary reports.

The White House announced today that two National Security Council aides were informed by the FBI last summer that China might try to make illegal campaIGN contributions to Congressional races. The aides also were told not to pass the information on to their superiors in the Clinton administration. President Clinton says top-level White House and National Security officials will investigate. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

- The 17-year-long Lebanese civil war is now a memory in the capital of Beirut, where workmen are trying to reconstruct the war-damaged capital. All the digging there has created a bonanza for Lebanese archeologists, who are excited about what they're uncovering. But NPR's Eric Weiner reports that the archeologists are also worried that the city's builders might bury or destroy some of the city's most valuable ancient treasures.

NPR's Elaine Korry reports that advertising rates for the Super Bowl broadcast this Sunday will be higher than ever --$1.2 million for 30 seconds of airtime. Far from being just a football championship, the Super Bowl has become the most important advertising event of the year...and dozens of companies are pulling out all the stops in order to leave an impression with a hard-to-impress audience estimated at 100 million.