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Alan Cheuse a short new novel by first time writeer Laura Kasischke (Kah-SHISH-kee). Her new novel is called A Suspicious River, a look at the troubled life of Leila, a young married women from Northern Michigan. The book is published by Houghton Miffin.

in an effort to close the big gap with the President.

Robert talks with Martin Malia (MAY-lee-ah) about Russian President Boris Yeltsin's commitment to democracy. Malia is a professor emeritus of history at the University of California at Berkeley and the author of "The Soviet Tragedy: A History of Socialism in Russia 1917-1991" (NY: Free Press, 1994). Malia says Yeltsin is committed to democratic reform, but falls back on authoritarian impulses when it's convenient.

Charles de Ledesma (duh-luh-DEZ-mah) looks into London's easy listening music scene. Deejays are combing thrift shops for old records from the 50s, 60s and 70s, and bands like the Mike Flowers Orchestra and the Gentle People are playing live easy listening music at nightclubs devoted to both easy listening and cheesey listening! At the Madame Jojo's, the fare is strictly easy, while at the club Cheese, cheesey listening rules.

Bob Dole ended his Senate career today with an emotional farewell speech before a packed Senate chamber. He reminisced about the joys and struggles of his life, including 35 years in Congress, and telling some of his favorite anecdotes about other senators. NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports on Dole's last day as Majority Leader, as he now turns his attention full-time to the presidential campaign.

as he travels through Kansas and Missouri. It's his first day out as Citizen Dole.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Florence, Italy, where more than 40 nations have concluded their review of the peace process in Bosnia. The final statement calls for the ouster of Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic (RAH-doh-vahn KARE-uh-ditch). It also sets September 14th as the date for national elections.

Film critic Bob Mondello looks at how things get changed as filmmakers adapt classic novels from the page to the screen. "Moll Flanders", which opens today, appears to be nothing like Daniel Defoe's novel. And Disney's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame (NOH-truh DAHM)" has Quasimodo singing and dancing, when Victor Hugo wrote him as deaf and monosyllabic. Some films have been faithful, like "Sense and Sensibility." And still others, like "Clueless" resemble the novel on which they are based, even though they are many steps removed from the original. >

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr comments on the process of ussia's two-stage presidential elections.

- NPR's John Nielsen reports on the latest escalation in the Whitewater investigation. A leaked report by the Republican majority of the Senate Whitewater Committee concludes that the first lady obstructed Senate investigations into White House Deputy Counsel Vincent Foster's death. It also suggests that White House aides gave inaccurate testimony during the Whitewater hearings in order to conceal her actions.