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More than 12,000 Goodyear workers are on strike today after union and management officials failed to reach agreement on wage-and-benefit and job security issues. Goodyear says its labor costs are already too high and vowed to keep factories running, though it didn't say how it planned to do that. The Goodyear workers are represented by the United Steelworkers Union, which absorbed the United Rubber Workers' Union in 1995. Maryanne Zeleznik of Kent State Public Radio reports.

House Republicans reintroduced a bill today to ban certain late-term abortions. The measure's supporters are encouraged by an admission by a prominent abortion-rights advocate that he lied when he said the procedure is performed only rarely. NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports that members who want the ban hope President Clinton will reconsider his opposition. Mr Clinton vetoed the bill last year, saying it failed to make an exception for cases in which the mother's health and childbearing potential are at stake.

NPR's Joe Palca reports that the rate of AIDS deaths dropped dramatically in New York City in the first seven months of last year, according to public health officials there. The drop is being attributed to the dramatic effects of new AIDS drugs introduced at the beginning of 1996. At the same time, the rate of new HIV infections nationwide fell in young gay men and young injection drug users -- but rose precipitously in young heterosexual men and women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

NPR's David Welna reports that Ecuador's young democracy has survived the political crisis of the past week, but with its weaknesses more exposed. Ecuadorans are proud that the military did not step in and take power when three different people were claiming the presidency. But the crisis also showed that the military remains the final arbiter of power. It was the country's generals who essentially told the congress how to resolve the showdown. The turmoil also demonstrated that the US embassy retains a tremendous amount of political influence.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped past another milestone today, surpassing 7,000 for the first time. The other major indexes were also up sharply today as optimism about corporate earnings spread though the broader market. It was just four months ago that the Dow passed 6000, making this the fastest 1000 point jump in the Dow's 100-year history. NPR's John Ydstie (IDD-stee) reports.

NPR's Mark Roberts reports on this week's pre-trial hearings for the upcoming trial of Timothy McVeigh. McVeigh and Terry Nichols are charged in the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City in April 1995, which killed 168 people. The judge denied a defense request to have key eyewitness testimony excluded from the trial. The judge also heard prosecutors claim that explosive residue on Timothy McVeigh's clothing connect him to the crime.

Reporter Dan Collison spent a month following one team in the Continental Basketball Association. The C-B-A is the basketball league that's the equivalent of the minor leagues in baseball. Most N-B-A teams have at least one player or coach who came out of the C-B-A...and even though it's not as glamorous or well-paid as the N-B-A, the league is a place for players to work on their game, and keep their dreams of basketball stardom alive. (12:30) ((ST

An expert assigned to untangle the finances of Indian tribes, managed by the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs, says the answer is to jettison the current system and start over. NPR's Barbara Bradley reports that billions of dollars that Native American lands earn pass through the BIA and that money is supposed to be paid to individuals and tribes. The expert analyzing what went wrong says antiquated accounting practices and other forms of mismanagement require the establishment of a new agency to handle the money.

Three federal agencies have come up with a plan to try to stop the slaughter of bison near Yellowstone National Park. More than 700 of the park's herd of 3500 buffalo have been killed for wandering onto private land outside the park in search of food. The agencies say they will implement 24 hour patrols to keep the bison in the park and try to steer wayward animals onto national forest lands. NPR's Mark Roberts reports that environmental groups and the governor of Montana are not satisfied.

The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee says he has serious and profound questions to pose to CIA nominee Anthony Lake. Lake's confirmation hearing has been delayed, long after some other second-term Clinton cabinet nominees have been confirmed and sworn in. Obstacles to Lake's nomination include controversy over his financial holdings, which could pose a conflict of interest due to his influence over security policy. NPR's Martha Raddatz reports.