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A seven-year-old girl trying to become the youngest person to fly across the country died today in a plane crash near Cheyenne, Wyoming. Heather Wessley of Wyoming Public radio reports that Jessica Dubroff was flying a four-seat Cessna with her father and her flight instructor. The plane was leaving Cheyenne in bad weather and crashed in a residential area about a half-mile from the runway. Flyers must be 16 to hold a license under FAA rules.

Chinese-Canadian journalist, JAN WONG.... She went to China as an idealistic radical student in the 70's and believed in the Cultural Revolution and even informed on a couple of people. But she eventually left China, totally disillusioned. Years later she returned as a reporter for the Toronto Globe and Mail and covered the Tiananmen Square massacre. She talks about her new book, "Red China Blues". (Doubleday/Anchor Books,

NPR's Joe Neel reports that scientists have discovered how the AIDS virus gains a foothold in the immune system soon after an individual becomes infected. The long-sought discovery is an important step in understanding how the AIDS virus infects and destroys the immune system. The finding could help explain how some people appear to be able to resist infection, and should lead to new ways to prevent infection and treat people who have already become infected.

NPR's Peter Overby reports that most political contributions come from very few people. One of the areas of the country that has among the highest concentration of big-time donors is Greenwich, Connecticut. Some say residents there get special attention in return from the political establishment, and campaign finance reformers would like to limit how much money candidates can get from people who do not live in the areas they represent.

NPR's Martha Raddatz reports from Sarajevo on a change in the leadership among the Bosnian Serbs. Over the weekend, the leader of the Bosnian Serbs, Radovan Karadzic, [RAH-doh-van KARE-uh-jitch] decided to give up dealing with the international community. He appointed Biljana Plavsic [bee-YAH-nah PLAHV-sitch] to act for him. International observers say the change will not make it easier to deal with the Bosnian Serbs. Plavsic is known as a hard-liner who will probably continue Karadzic's policies.

The legendary Indian sarod player has a bunch of songs he learned from his father. They're special songs and he can only teach them to a special student. But in 20 years of running an acclaimed music school, Khan has not yet found that student. So he's recorded the music himself...so it won't be lost when he dies. NPR's Dean Olsher reports. (8:00) (IN S

Reporter Amy Bernstein visits the headquarters of a magazine for pre-teen girls called "Girls' Life." The relatively new magazine is the first full-fledged glossy of its kind and has become something of a phenomenon in the publishing world. With over one hundred thousand current subscribers and two to three thousand more pouring in every month, the magazine seems to have found a niche...although advertisers still need to be convinced of its appeal and the buying power of its primary demographic group.

Today, Israeli troops shelled the headquarters a battalion of U-N peacekeeping troops in South Lebannon. The compound was filled with dozens of refugees. At least seventy-four people are reported dead and many others wounded. Robert Siegel talks with U-N spokesman Timur (TEE-more) Goksel (GOCK-sull) from his office in Southern Lebanon about the shelling. Mr. Goksel describes the compound that was hit and the refugees who were seeking shelter there.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports on how the war in Liberia has affected the country's Lebanese community. The Lebanese have been in Liberia for about a hundred years, and they control much of business. The war has driven most of the original community of fifteen thousand Lebanese out of the country. About two hundred are holding out, however, including two Lebanese who have kept the capital's only hotel running despite the city's plunge into anarchy over the past month.

NPR's Howard Berkes reports on today's decision by Ted Kaczynski , the suspected Unabomber now held in a Helena, Montana jail, not to seek a bail hearing. Kaczynski will stay in jail in Helena until April 17, when a grand jury will determine whether to indict him on possession of bomb-making materials. Meanwhile, FBI agents say they've found two manual typewriters that could link the suspect to the Unabomber's 32,000-word manifesto published in newspapers last year.