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NPR's Linda Gradstein reports on the mindset of a suicide bomber. Today Israeli security forces demolished the home of one of the suicide bombers -- and despite their loss of property, the bomber's family and friends say he's a hero.

could mean for President Clinton and the preparations for that possibility at the White House.

Jan Ziff surveys some of the better known science programs for computers. She says there are a lot of interesting titles out there, but parents need to remember that no software is a tool for learning not a magic wand.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that prices on the stock market plunged today. The Dow Industrial Average fell more than 130 points, or 2.3% The S&P 500, a broader index, was off even more, 2.5%. Investors are worried that robust employment numbers from last Friday could feed an inflationary pickup.

Suzan Lori Parks is one of the hottest playwrights on the New York scene. The Public Theatre is presenting (starting next week) her latest work for the stage, "Venus." She wrote the screenplay for Spike Lee's latest ("Girls 6") and she's been contracted to write another. Charlene Scott reports.

Development to tear down low income high rise apartments in inner city Baltimore, and move tenants to the suburbs. The HUD proposal tentatively settles a class action lawsuit brought by public housing tenants.

Commentator Elissa Ely's dog helps her befriend all the old Portugese widows in her apartment building.

NPR's David Welna reports that life for Cuba's beleaguered dissident movement has gotten even harder in recent weeks. Since shortly before last month's downing of two American planes by Cuban jets, Fidel Castro's police have stepped up their harassment and arrests of the Cuban leader's opponents. Castro has not chosen to completely crush the dissidents, however; he apparently feels he must tolerate a certain amount of dissent as part of his effort to attract foreign investment.

In the first of an occassional series on security issues in Asia, NPR's Julie McCarthy reports that the tensions in the Taiwan Strait raise concerns in the US and much of Asia. China's wargames just miles from Taiwan suggest to some a new militarism, and further tip the balance of US sentiment away from China and toward the tiny island that has emerged from dictatorship to democracy.