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We kick off our WKMS Youth Radio Project with an interview by 9-year-old Murray Elementary School student Patrick Jones. He recently attended a basketball…

of China's record on human rights, contained in the Department's annual 194 nation review. In particular, the Beijing government is criticized for imprisoning people for long periods without trial, forcing confessions, and torturing prisoners. The Clinton administration argues that trade sanctions would make the problem worse, but Congress is expected to propose them anyway.

The city's debt has reached 400-million-dollars. City buildings are running out of toilet paper, schools are without books, and when some police officers respond to emergency calls, they have to walk. Adding to the District's troubles, Congress has rejected the 1996 budget for a third time.

accelerated the race to name his successor as majority leader. The leading candidates are Majority Whip Trent Lott, his fellow Mississippian Thad Cochran, Oklahoma Senator Don Nickles, and Pete Domenici of New Mexico. Dole's decision to step down has given new life to his presidential bid, but it could prove costly to the Republican Senators in this election year.

the naming of Deputy White House Counsel Bruce Lindsey as an unindicted co-conspirator in the second Whitewater trial which is getting underway in Little Rock. Lindsey is considered to be one of the President's closest advisors. On trial are two bankers accused of making illegal contributions to then-Arkansas Governor Clinton's gubernatorial reelection campaign in 1990.

committee responsible for investigating such allegations of improper fundraising. The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee split directly along party lines this week on its first vote: how much money to spend on the investigation. Republicans supported the six-point-five million dollar supplemental budget request. Democrats opposed it as too expensive.

to finish the controversial Three Gorges Dam by 2009. The project will provide more power than any other dam in the world, but it will flood a huge area along the Yangtze River in central China...including sites containing artifacts from ancient Chinese cultures. Archaeologists want more time, and many, to save the priceless historical treasures.

Governor Andy Beshear reported 776 new cases of coronavirus in Kentucky today. He said 91 of those cases are children under 18 years of age. He said the…

would limit lawsuit awards won in lawsuits against faulty products. The House-Senate Produce liability bill will face a close vote today in the Senate. Critics say it will have only a marginal effect on the vast majority of product lawsuits, those between businesses. President Clinton has threatened to veto the bill.

to update the infrastructure at the port of New York. The nation's third-busiest port has no direct rail link with the rest of the country...it relies almost entirely on more expensive trucking. Giuliani is backing a project to build a billion- dollar underwater tunnel for freight trains...in part, to compete with the nearby and more successful port of Newark, New Jersey