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The Senate Intelligence Committee today held a hearing on allegations that the CIA played a role in the introduction of crack cocaine into black communites. CIA Inspector General Frederick Hitz (HITS) says there's no evidence the agency helped distribute crack. But he said it might take months to fully exmaine records of the relationship between the CIA and Nicaraguan Contra members implicated in cocaine trafficking in California in the 1980s. NPR's Chitra Ragavan has a report.

NPR's David Baron reports that this year's prize goes to Rolf Zinkernagel and Peter Doherty for work they did in the 1970s on the immune system. They showed that the immune cells, called killer T-cells, must simultaneously recognize an invading organism and a set of proteins produced by the body in order to destroy an invader. This work revolutionized thinking about the immune system, and led to new avenues of therapy for diseases.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports that the presidential race has been jarred by news that Republican candidate Bob Dole sent his campaign manager to Texas to ask Reform Party candidate Ross Perot to withdraw from the race and throw his support to Dole. The move was seen by some as a last-ditch effort by a campaign that's trailing badly in the polls. Perot says he has no intention of leaving the race.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Moscow on the inauguration of Russian President Boris Yeltsin for a second term. After the swearing-in ceremony and banquet, Yeltsin left for a two-month vacation. His appearance at the inauguration and his departure raise questions in Russia about his ability to govern the country and deal with the Chechen war. That war is described as being beyond Russian control. Late today, the Chechens proposed a temporary cease fire.

The Supreme Court today heard arguments on a widely watched case involving an Arizona law requiring that official business be conducted only in English. However, as NPR's Nina Totenberg reports, the justices limited all questions to procedural issues and ignored all constitutional ones, indicating that any decision will leave the question of whether states can impose such restrictions unresolved. A number of states have similar measures.

President Clinton met with Congressional leaders at the White House today to talk about the budget, taxes and other issues. Before that meeting, Clinton said he continued to think that a Constitutional amendment that would require the government to balance the budget is unnecessary, but indicated he might embrace it...a reflection of the fact that Republican gains in the Senate may leave him no choice on the issue. NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports.

They were angry after Clinton's first two years in office and helped elect a Republican Congress in 1994. Now, as NPR's Howard Berkes reports, they're the "mollified" white men whose voting whims aren't drawing as much attention now that "soccer moms" and "waitress moms" are taking the limelight.

- The United States is frantically trying to arrange a meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and PLO leader Yasir Arafat after four days of fierce fighting in the West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem. Danny speaks with Terje Larsen, the Special U.N. Coordinator in the West Bank and Gaza about the dangers facing the peace process. Then NPR's Eric Weiner reports from Jerusalem on the communal tensions that still grip the area.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports from Moscow that there were developments today on several lingering dilemmas in Russia. The Chechen rebel leader came to Moscow for meetings on the ceasefire agreement, and President Yeltsin met with his security chief, Alexander Lebed, to discuss the Chechen situation. Also, President Yeltsin declared in a six-minute radio address that he was firmly in charge of the nation's business despite his hospitalization.

The streets of South St. Petersburg, Florida are quiet today. The city is cleaning up from last night's riot - over 20 buildings burned, stores were looted and at least 11 people were injured. Police and community leaders met today to try to keep the situation calm. The riot began when a white police officer shot and killed a black motorist. From member station WUSF, Sally Watt reports.