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U.S. military installations in the world...Subic Bay Naval Base in the Phillipines. The U.S. closed the base four years ago, leaving more than 40,000 residents without jobs. Now Subic Bay has made a successful transition to a thriving free trade zone.

The graduate students who teach half the classes and grade most of the papers at three University of California campuses have been out on strike all week. NPR's Richard Gonzales reports that the strike is aimed at gaining bargaining rights. The University system says these teaching assistants aren't "workers."

Robert talks to Agent Lucinda Schroeder of the U-S Fish and Wildlife Service in Albequerque, New Mexico about yesterday's sting operation that led to the arrest of eight eagle poachers. Eagles are a protected species; the killing and sale of eagle parts is illegal. This operation was unusual in that it led to actual trappers, not just traders. There's a growing market for eagle feathers, both in the U.S. and abroad.

Scott talks about a newly discovered bird, the pink-legged graveteiro (grah-vah-TAYR-oh), with ornithologist Bret Whitney.

Scott talks to DC House delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton about the problems facing the District.

NPR's David Welna reports from the Cuban capital, Havana, n signs that communist leader Fidel Castro may be normalizing relations with he Catholic church. Hopes have been raised ever since Castro invited Pope John aul the Second to visit Cuba during their first face to face visit last month n Rome.

, where two men have been arrested for statutory rape. The men, recent refugees from Iraq, married thirteen- and fourteen-year old sisters. While illegal in this country, such marriages are a common practice in rural Iraq.

from politicians and parents' groups to the T.V. industry's new program ratings system.

Robert talks to Charles Harrington Elster, the author of "There's a Word For It: A Grandiloquent Guide to Life" (Scribner: NY 1996). This book offers words for every occasion.. mostly words you have never heard of, like borborigmus, perendinate or explaterate.

NPR'S Linda Gradstein reports that every Jewish eighteen-year-old is drafted in the military in Israel, but enthusiasm for service seems to be waning. In a nation where youths have traditionally vied to be in the elite combat units, many believe what is happening reflects changes in Israeli society at large.