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NPR's Kathy Schalch reports on the political action committee which raised the more money last year than any other PAC. It was a group that exclusively supports Democratic women candidates who support abortion rights. EMILY'S List was not taken seriously when it started over a decade ago, but it raised $5 million last year and is now being relied on by the Democratic Party in its efforts to get out the vote in this year's elections.

NPR's John McChesney reports that America Online's new flat- price for unlimited use of the Internet appears to be a big hit...so big that many AOL subscribers are having difficulty logging on as the average user extends his or her stay. The surge in demand for AOL's services has some analysts wondering whether AOL can defy the predictions of some that the commercial online services have a limited future.

White House aides continue defending the financing of President Clinton's recent re-election campaign after the release of more documents detailing more than 100 so-called "coffees," at the White House between Clinton supporters and the president. Administration officials deny that they peddled access to the president in exchange for campaign contributions, but NPR's Steve Inskeep reports that many of the visitors also met with Democratic fund-raising officials at those meetings and that some made hefty campaign contributions afterward.

A new study appearing tomorrow in the Annals of Internal Medicine indicates that 40% of people die in pain and even larger numbers are fatigued and depressed at life's end. Such statistics are one reason why assisted suicide has generated so much debate. But doctors say that much can be done to reduce pain and suffering -- and thereby lower the demand for extreme measures like suicide. NPR's Joanne Silberner reports.

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.