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Carrie Kahn of member station KPBS in San Diego reports that the Immigration and Naturalization Service has invited a representative of the Mexican government to open an office inside the San Diego border station. The idea has drawn strong opposition from inspectors who work at the station and from conservative critics who see the move as a violation of national sovereignty.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports that today is the deadline Tanzania had given Rwandan refugees to leave their camps and go home. Nearly all of the half-million Rwandans in Tanzania have done so. But relief officials estimate there are still at least two or three hundred thousand Rwandans stuck in a remote area of eastern Zaire, without access to sufficient food or medicine. These refugees apparently include many who perpetrated the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.

Los Angeles Dodgers president and owner Peter O'Malley held a news conference at Dodger Stadium to announce that his family has decided to place the team up for sale. The O'Malley family has owned the ball club for almost fifty years. Robert talks with Peter Gammons, who reports on baseball for the cable sports network ESPN and the Boston Globe, about what this development means for the Dodgers, their fans, and for the business of baseball.

NPR's Howard Berkes reports that these days are good ones for the people of Utah. The state is one of the most prosperous in the country, with low unemployment, beautiful scenery and good quality of life...and lots of people are coming from other places to take advantage of those qualities. But with growth comes change...and many Utahns are concerned about what those changes have brought to the state.

Robert talks with Stephen Rea (RAY) of the Independent Newspapers in Ireland about the murder of Veronica Guerin (GARE-in). Guerin was an investigative reporter who was shot to death in an apparent contract killing last June. Today, murder charges were filed against a 32-year-old Dublin man in the case. Police believe that her killers were trying to prevent her from writing about Dublin's criminal underground.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Belgrade on the most recent maneuver by Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic to quiet opposition to his government. Milosevic has instructed his Prime Minister to have the government pass a special law to accept the November 17th election results. It was his government's annulment of Opposition victories in those elections that set off two-and-a-half-months of rallies and demonstrations. Protest leaders are cautious. They say the protests will continue.

For years, Israeli police have used what they call "physical pressure" to extract information from suspected terrorists. Human rights activists have documented hundreds of cases of what they call torture of Palestinian prisoners. Eric Weiner reports that there is a movement in Israel to legalize this type of activity. They say that it is necessary to interrogate prisoners aggressively because there is the constant threat of terrorism by Palestinians in their country.

About 70 unionized Red Cross workers went on strike today in parts of West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio, over what they consider inadequate pay hikes and benefits and proposed cuts in allowances for uniforms and continuing education. The walk-out by members of Local 1199 of the Health Care and Social Security Employees Union cancelled blood collections over parts of the three states. Eric Westervelt reports.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports that President Clinton is vowing to make Latin America a higher foreign policy priority during his second term. The president has appointed a special envoy to the region, and plans to make his first trip there sometime next year. Clinton faces various challenges, including expanding free trade, promoting democracy, and fighting drugs.

NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on closing arguments made by the defense in the wrongful-death civil trial of OJ Simpson. Simpson's lawyers told the jury they should not trust the physical evidence: that it was tainted by police mishandling, and could easily have been tampered with or planted. Lead defense attorney Robert Baker says the lawsuit against the former football star is about money, not justice, and that the plaintiffs' attorneys are shamelessly appealing to jurors' emotions. The case is not expected to go to the jury until next week.