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Host Liane Hansen speaks with Carl Cannon of the Baltimore un and Fred Barnes of The Standard about some issues in this past week's news, ncluding the Republican Medicare plan; proposed budget cuts; the possibility of ending U.S. troops to Bosnia; and Louis Farrakhan's "Million Man March".

NPR's Jon Greenberg reports on the efforts of lobbyists to focus heir efforts on the state--rather than the federal--level. It's more expensive, ut they say legislative power is moving in that direction.

Host Liane Hansen talks with computer commentator Rich Dean about he benefits and drawbacks of the many "on-line" service avaliable to home omputer users.

Daniel talks to Timothy O'Brien, staff writer at the Wall Street Journal about a recent article covering a computer break-in at Citicorp, one of the largest banks in the country. A 28 year old computer hacker in St. Petersburg, Russia, allegedly broke into Citicorps and transfered over 12 million dollars from corporate accounts all over the world to his own account, $400,000 of which he was able to withdraw in cash before getting caught by Citicorps and the FBI.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr comments on the possible andidacy of Colin Powell.

Host Danny Zwerdling talks with Tom McMillen, co-chair of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. McMillen says that government has created an elite sports structure in America. He says the result is too much money for superstar athletes and not enough money for the average kid. Studies indicate that obesity is a major problem for children and teenagers in America - and it's getting worse.

Storyteller Carmen Didi shares another tale of her mother's finesse - this time with the English language.

Liane talks with Vincent Cannistraro, former Chief of ounter-terrorism at the CIA, about the rise of domestic terrorism in the U.S., nd the efforts by the FBI at combatting it.

NPR's David Molpus reflects on the occasion of his 30th igh school reunion.

Among the speakers at today's UN meeting was Cuba's Fidel Castro. It was Castro's first appearance at the UN since 1979, and NPR's Tom Gjelten has been following him around. Tom talks with Daniel about Castro's day.