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The Hawaii resident was charged with one count of intentionally disturbing wildlife after he tried to help a baby bison return to its herd. Park rangers later had to euthanize the abandoned animal.

- The President spoke at two services today, and NPR's Debbie Elliott attended the first one, at Eglin Air Force base in Florida. Eglin was home to 12 of the Americans who were killed.

Bob talks with Steven Smith, political science professor at the University of Minnesota, about the next Congress. Republicans will hold a slim margin in the House and the Senate could be split 50-50.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on findings of a Pentagon commission that was set up after last year's bombing of a U.S. Navy destroyer in Yemen. The commission says a failure of intelligence left the U.S.S. Cole exposed to attack. U.S. officials say they are nearing completion of their investigation of who was responsible for the attack and said they would not hesitate to act against those responsible once they are identified.

A Pentagon review panel decided today that the experimental V-22 tilt-rotor aircraft known as the Osprey is not yet ready for deployment but should proceed to its next phase of development. Critics have said the design is flawed and that the program should be shelved. Four of the prototypes have crashed so far, and two crashes in the last 18 months cost the lives of 23 American servicemen. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports from the Pentagon.

The New York Times has published leaked 1995 tax documents from Donald Trump that show a loss of $916 million that year. Times reporter Susanne Craig received those documents in the mail last month.

The Clinton administration sent a message to the states today not to undermine the guiding principle of the new welfare reform law... moving welfare recipients into jobs. NPR's Barbara Bradley reports that the Department of Health and Human Services issued guidance to states, saying that they have some flexibility in using their own welfare funds for population groups the federal government would exclude. But the rules say, in most cases, states can not use their own funds to keep recipients on welfare beyond the 5-year time limit set by the federal law.

Wisdom is known to be at least 68 years old and nests each year at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. She survived a tsunami and is believed to have laid nearly 40 eggs over her life.

There were only an estimated seven red wolves left in the wild when a coalition of conservation organizations decided to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

In the waters off Santa Cruz, Calif., an otter that's been harassing surfers has been evading capture from state and federal wildlife officials and aquarium biologists, for several weeks.