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Mandalit Del Barco profiles the Church of the Most Holy edeemer in Las Vegas, which was built three years ago to cater to the tourists, amblers and others who visit the casinos.

NPR's John Nielsen reports on a Republican convention being held in Washington, D.C. this weekend. A large number of Republican State Chairmen and party advisors are meeting with national leaders to organize attacks on President Clinton and other Democrats before the Republican convention in San Diego.

As Lebanon begins to rebuild following the most recent conflict between Israel and Hizbollah guerillas, Jennifer Griffin reports on the uncertainty many feel there that the current ceasefire will last.

NPR's Nina Totenberg reports on independent counsel Kenneth Starr, who is investigating the Whitewater affair. The Republican Starr has been controversial from the time of his appointment, when there were charges that he had been chosen for political reasons. Now Starr is under attack from Democrats because he has continued to represent private clients, including a tobacco company in a huge class action suit.

A pipe bomb exploded in the doorway of City Hall in Spokane at about 3:00 a.m. this morning. There were no injuries, nor has anyone claimed responsibility. The bomb reportedly contained nails, and sent debris into a nearby courtyard. As Lakshmi Singh of member station KBPX reports, it's the third bomb in Spokane in as many months.

Susan talks with NPR's Linda Gradstein from Jerusalem about this week's election in Israel. Benjamin Netanyahu was elected prime minister by a narrow margin, defeating the incumbent Shimon Peres.

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We hear Mary Martin sing 'It Might as Well be Spring' from the musical State Fair. State Fair is currently being performed on broadway, but this famous tune is not elibile for a Toni Award tonight because it was written for the motion picture version of the musical.

Hawaiian Leslie Lang didn't learn to speak her native language until she went to college. Her parents never spoke it, and she rarely heard it spoken. But she finds the ancient language of her family has brought her in touch with stories and traditions which had all but disappeared for her family. She can read the stories of her Great Great Great grandfather, and she can talk with her grandmother in the language that she herself hasn't heard spoken in 50 years. Leslie Lang is a student at the University of Hawaii.

NPR's senior news analyst Dan Schorr discusses the politics of welfare reform with Douglas Besharov, of the American Enterprise Institute, and David Ellwood of Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government.