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NPR's Peter Overby reports that President Clinton's legal defense fund has been having problems raising money, and documents released this week in the campaign finance investigation show the White House considered trying to come up with a new fund with looser restrictions. Such defense funds are often places where political supporters can make donations without being subject to many of the limits and disclosure rules governing campaign contributions.

The Senate Armed Services committee questioned Army officials today about allegations that senior members of the service have sexually harassed women under their command. Before the hearing, the New York Times published charges by a retired sergeant major that her then-boss, the top enlisted man in the Army, had harassed her and other officials took no action on her complaints. NPR's Barbara Bradley has a report.

The Senate is debating today on how far to go with its investigation of campaign finances. The Republican proposal, which is expected to pass, limits the probe to allegations of illegal practices. That excludes legal, but possibly unethical, raising of so-called "soft money," which makes up the bulk of both party's fundraising. Democrats claim the the GOP boundaries focus the investigation primarily on them and particularly on the president. NPR'S Elizabeth Arnold reports.

Some Israelis think the way out of the current crisis with the Palestinians is to form a National Unity government. By sharing power with the opposition Labor Party, Prime Minister Netanyahu would have an easier time moving forward with the peace process. Israel's two major political parties have worked together before, but critics say this time they are too far apart ideologically for a National Unity government to succeed. NPR's Eric Weiner reports.

From Jerusalem, Laurie Neff reports on the national outrage that has erupted in Israel, following an incident in which a Jordanian soldier opened fire on a tour-group of Israeli school girls visiting the Jordan-Israeli border. Seven of the girls were killed, and eight others wounded. Many Israeli politicians are blaming King Hussein for creating the climate that allowed such an attack by publishing the text of a strong letter of criticism he wrote to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

NPR's Nina Totenberg reports that the Supreme Court ruled today that the three-year deadline for getting tax refunds from the Internal Revenue Service cannot be waived because the person who made the tax overpayment was mentally incompetent. The case involved taxpayers from Arizona and Hawaii, including one woman who found after her father's death that he had overpaid $7,000 while he was suffering from senility.

NPR's Steve Inskeep reports that the United Auto Workers union and one major auto parts supplier, American Axle & Manufacturing, reached a tentative agreement today that averted a strike. A walkout at a second supplier continues. It's all part of a major union effort to keep, and expand, its presence among the parts suppliers who do more and more "outsourced" work for auto makers.

Daniel speaks with sports reporter George Ofman about the changing face of college basketball. Freshman and sophmore college students and even some high schoolers are opting to go straight to the NBA. Many are leaving for the money and also to avoid a career threatening injury. There has also been a large influx of foreign players in the past few years. Women's basketball has also changed over the years being more popular today than it's ever been.

A strike by 1,800 workers at Chrysler Corp. that began last Thursday is costing the auto maker $10 million a day, forcing it to halt production at four assembly plants that produce Dodge pickups and vans and Jeep Grand Cherokee sport utility vehicles. And in Oklahoma City, a strike at a General Motors Corporation assembly plant that produces the Chevrolet Malibu and Oldsmobile Cutlass entered its 11th day. From Detroit, NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports from Kinshasa that a general strike called by the opposition shut down the Zairean capital today. Opponents of embattled President Mobutu Sese Seko are trying to step up the pressure on him to resign. Rebel forces now control more than one-third of the vast central African nation, and claim to be five hundred miles from Kinshasa. They say they will advance on the capital if Mobutu refuses to step down.