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Music reviewer Mark Jenkins has a report on music from some of today's all-girl bands who call themselves "Riot Grrrls." (GIRLS) Their style features confrontational, in-your-face lyrics, and an uncompromisingly frank attitude about men, sexuality, and modern life. Jenkins takes a look at music from the Raincoats, Bikini Kill, and Sleater-Kinney. (IN STEREO)

NPR's Deidre Berger reports from Berlin where Pope John Paul the Second celebrated mass yesterday in the stadium Adolf Hitler built for the Olympics of 1936. The Pope beatified two German priests for their resistance to the Third Reich. The Pope omitted some phrases of his prepared speech that claimed the "entire" Roman Catholic church had fought against the tyranny of the Nazis.

The Senate today began debate on a bill to reform the campaign finance system by limiting the amount congressional candidates can spend. But as NPR's Peter Overby reports, similar federal restrictions have had limited success in capping spending by presidential contenders.

NPR's Nina Teicholz repotrs from Rio de Janeiro that Brazil's effort to end hyper-inflation has created other problems: increasing business bankruptcies, rising unemployment, and a serious loss of consumer buying power. Economists lay much of the blame on the so-called Real (r

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that the FBI files, which the Clinton Administration obtained, may develop into an explosive political issue.

NPR's Elaine Korry reports that personal bankruptcy is not always due to a high debt-to-income ratio, as it might first appear.

Scott gets a driving lesson from Tom and Ray Magliozzi.

Simon: Scott goes on a tour of Boston.

Robert Siegel speaks with an Israeli who will vote for the Likud party in tomorrow's election. Ofer Mizrachi (OH-fair miz-RAH-hee), a Sephardic (seh-FAR-dik) Jew, lives with his family in a Tel Aviv suburb close to the border between Israel and the West Bank. He says he is afraid of the final deal that Shimon Peres will make with the Palestinians.

NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that the outcome of the first round of Russian elections is not surprising, and that exit polls indicate that there is hope for democracy in Russia.