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Ray talks with NPR's Phillip Davis about the case against Army Staff Sergeant Delmar Simpson, who is accused of raping 19 female trainees at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. The prosecution rested today. Then a defense lawyer tried and failed to get most of the rape charges dismissed, saying the women had not tried to resist Simpson's advances.

Movie reviewer Bob Mondello talks about impossible movie geography... when an actor turns a corner and ends up in a different city, or the sun sets gently in the East. It's a commentary about how disorienting it all is... inspired by the idiocy of the newly-released film "Murder at 1600."

The government has too many secrets according to a report issued today by The Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy. The commission, chaired by Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, (D-NY) says that the government's "culture of secrecy" hinders decision making and wastes billions of dollars each year. The panel says that new procedures aimed at reducing the number of classified documents will better protect the relatively few documents that are important to national security. NPR's Neal Conan reports.

NPR's Mara Liasson has an update on the Democratic National Committee's fundraising troubles. Congressional Republican leaders said today that Vice President Al Gore may have violated the law by soliciting campaign contributions from the White House. And a Republican lawmaker is suggesting the first lady knows more than she's acknowledged about links between the White House and fund-raising. Indiana Congressman David McIntosh points to a 1994 White House memo. In it, Hillary Rodham Clinton encourages a plan to share computer data on supporters with the Democratic National Committee.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports that prominent North Korean defector Hwang Jang Yop (hwong jahng yahp) remains sheltered inside the South Korean embassy in Beijing, despite indications from North Korea that it would not try to interfere with his transfer to South Korea. South Korean analysts say part of the problem is North Korean and Chinese anger over Seoul's handling of the situation.

companies from the Northeast and Middle Atlantic, NYNEX and Bell Atlantic, has been given a green light by the Justice Deaprtment. The companies claim the deal will allow them to improve their services and move into new fields like video, but consumer groups think the merger will reduce competition and raise prices.

across the country are on high alert...they are guarding against any possible attacks April 19 -- the anniversary of the Federal raid in Waco and the Oklahoma City bombing.

Commentator Leslie Lang is getting to know her Hawaiian great grandmother from sifting through a lifetime of her things, and by reading her journals. The writings reflect a long life, lived well. Lang is now keeping a journal of her own which she hopes some descendent not yet born will someday read.

NPR's Mandalit Delbarco reports that the L.A. Police Commission is scheduled to vote soon on whether to authorize LAPD officers to carry more powerful weapons. The move comes in the wake of last Friday's shootout between heavily armed bank robbers and the police. Police have complained they've long been outgunned by well-trained, well-armed bad guys.

The Henrietta Marie was a slave ship that sank in the Florida straits in the 18th century. The remains make up a travelling exhibit, which is teaching people about the slave trade. NPR's Cheryl Devall reports from Miami.