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Commentator Andrei Codrescu worries about a new study that says writers are especially prone to mental illness. Manic depression, mood swings, alcoholism, and sexual promiscuity are all apparently pitfalls of the profession. Codrescu wonders which of these vices and failings he might have.

JOG-A-THON: Essayist Susan Arnout (ARE-noh) Smith describes the atest fundraising technique at her daughter's school: the "jog-a-thon".

Liane speaks with Doyle McManus of the Los Angeles Times and arl Cannon of the Baltimore Sun about some of the vents in this week's news, ncluding Washington's reaction to the Israeli election of Benjamin Netanyahu, he guilty verdicts in the Whitewater trial, and California's gasoline urcharge.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports from Jerusalem on the future for Israel's next prime minister - Benjamin Netanyahu.

NPR's Adam Hochberg joins Strom Thurmond, the South Carolina senator who's going for an unprecedented eighth term. A Republican challenger to the 93 year old says Senator Thurmond is too old to serve.

NPR's Sunni Khalid takes a look at the situation in the West Bank own of Hebron. According the the peace agreement, Israel is supposed to remove ts military from Hebron. Benjamin Netanyahu made an election promise to leave he Israeli military in Hebron. Resolving that situation will be the first ndicator fo the future path of the peace process.

Liane speaks with former Assistant Secretary of State ichard Murphy about the the potentially volatile relationship between America nd prime-minister elect Benjamin Netanyahu. Murphy served as Middle East envoy uring the REagan administration.

Bob Mondello says that the new film "Mission: Impossible" doesn't self-destruct, but is only an adequate thriller.

on gay rights.

Detroit is celebrating the one-hundred-year anniversary of the first time automobiles were produced in volume, with many events scheduled all summer long. NPR's Don Gonyea reports on one ongoing event where engineering students are trying to build a environmentally friendly sedan which can travel up to eighty miles on a gallon of gas.