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A federal judge has thrown out a suit against GOPAC, House Speaker Newt Gingrich's former political action committee. The judge has rejected Federal Election Commission arguments that the group assisted federal candidates, when it was registered only to help state and local candidates. The FEC had hoped for court help in getting the names of GOPAC's donors, how much they contributed and how the money was used. NPR's Peter Overby reports.

NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports that a federal judge has moved the trail of Oklahoma City bombing defendants Timothy McVeigh, and Terry Nichols has been moved to Denver. Judge Richard Matsch ruled that the defendents couldn't get a fair trial in the same state where the terrorist attack which killed 169 people had occured. The government wanted the trial in Tulsa, about a hundred miles from Oklahoma City.

For a long time, nuclear power plant operators have been arning that storage space for used nuclear fuel rods is running out. The ederal government has promised to transfer the material to a controversial dump ite at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, but the Clinton administration says it could e years before a final decision is made. NPR's John Nielsen reports.

NPR's John McChesney reports on the controversy surrounding the investigation and arrest of computer hacker Kevin Mitnick. The FBI described Mitnick as the nation's most wanted hacker, but others say Mitnick was never the threat the FBI and others made him out to be. Two books about Mitnick have just been published...and the authors take very difference views of the threat he represented.

Tomorrow's primaries, called Junior Tuesday, include New England states and Georgia. One western state is also being contested, Colorado. NPR's Mark Roberts reports that the property rights and land use issues that dominated conservative campaigns in the past are no longer an issue. Instead, the candidates are offering the same one-size-fits-all message that everyone else gets. Many Coloradans find it hard to find an issue that moves them.

NPR's Jon Greenberg reports Republicans say new notes released by the White House are a sign it tried to control damage regarding Whitewater. The notes, written by former White House aide Mark Gearan in early 1994, describe a meeting where administration officials wanted to contact Beverly Bassett Schaeffer, a key witness in the Whitewater affair. Republicans say that suggests an effort to influence Schaeffer's testimony. The Senate Whitewater committee also delved into who handled the billing records found recently at the White House.

Linda talks with Michael Betzold, a reporter on strike from the Detroit Free Press, about Dr. Jack Kevorkian. Betzold says Kevorkian wishes that society will one day accept assisted suicide for those who are emotionally ill as well as for the terminally sick. Betzold also talks about Kevorkian's desire to control death. Betzold has written about Kevorkian since 1991 and wrote a book about him called, "Appointment with Dr. Death."

NPR's John McChesney reports that one-time rivals Microsoft and America on Line reached an agreement today that would put AOL on every computer running Microsoft's Windows 95 operating system. The agreement comes less than a year after America on Line and other on-line services argued strenuously that the advent of the Microsoft Network last summer would give the software giant an unfair advantage over the on-line providers.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports on the re-emergence of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin as a popular figure in Russia. Soon after the Soviet Union collapsed there was talk about removing him from his mauseleum to be buried. Lenin's body is now back on display from its bienniel cleaning. And, the changing political climate in Russia means it will probably stay in its prominent place in Red Square.

The House is due to vote today on a bill overhauling immigration laws. One of its provisions would allow states to deny public schooling to children of illegal immigrants. In addition, the House may follow the Senate's lead by splitting the measure into two parts, separating rules dealing with legal immigrants. The separation could kill attempts to sharply limit the number of legal immigrants. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports. Updates are expected. Please be prepared to do new BBS if you use any of these details.