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Schorr/ Simon: Scott and NPR's Dan Schorr review the week's news.

Scott talks to Joe Nocera, contributing writer for Fortune Magazine, about two money investment ideas whose origins can be traced to New England: Ponzi schemes and mutual funds.

Commentator Andrei Codrescu has a story about a bear named No Neck, who walked across the Florida Panhandle and three states until he got to Baton Rouge. Why Baton Rouge? Only No Neck knows.

NPR's Brian Naylor reports from the White House on President Clinton's first meeting with the new Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Though Clinton favored the election of Netanyahu's more moderate opponent in last May's election, both he and the new Prime Minister sought to patch up their differences and reaffirm traditional US-Israeli solidarity.

PARROT-HEADS: Commentator Steven Stark ponders the enduring appeal of ock singer Jimmy Buffett.

NPR's Dan Charles explains how the kind of jet engine that exploded on a Delta flight over the weekend works, and how such incidents can occur.

of Yeltsin and his main Communist challenger Gennady Zyuganov.

and how things look halfway through the season.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports on today's announcement that insurance regulators are ordering Prudential Insurance Co. to repay policyholders...and pay a record $35 million fine...for widespread unscrupulous sales practices at the nation's largest life-insurer.

In Illinois, a former military base has been transformed into a unique community of foster families. Each family gets a house rent-free and a yearly salary. Brent Wolf of W-I-L-L in Urbana, Illinois reports that although fifty percent of the children in the community have been abused or neglected, the program is thriving because of the attentiveness of the adults.