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NPR's Eric Weiner reports that Palestinians are celebrating and Jewish settlers are hunkering down as the West Bank city of Hebron is transferred from Israeli to Palestinian control. Israeli troops pulled back from positions in Hebron today on the basis of an Israeli-Palestinian agreement finalized this week after months of bitter negotiations.

will hear today, which involves the power to prosecute government officials under federal law for committing sexual assaults while on the job. The case involves a judge in Tennessee, who was convicted of sexually assaulting women in his chambers. At issue is application of a federal law that makes it a crime to deprive someone of her Constitutional rights 'under color of state law.' The statute usually is applied to prosecute police brutality cases.

among Hong Kong residents over with the transfer of power from Britain to China.

Robert talks to Edward Rothstein, cultural critic at large for the New York Times, about the decreasing popularity of classical music over the last twenty years. The heart of the classical music repertoire, Rothstein says, was created and popularized in the 19th century, and reflected great themes and grand mythic adventures of the times. Today, movies and popular music are more effective in describing current issues and conflicts than classical music, which plays a minor and diminishing role in the culture.

in Havana's restaurants: state-run tourist restaurants, known for high prices and poor services, are now having to compete with family-owned enterprises offering home-cooked food.

Scott with some thoughts on the wit and humor of John F. Kennedy.

NPR's Mandalit DelBarco reports on Frederick's of Hollywood's 50th Anniversary.

The participating countries agreed to endorse free trade goals on computers and other high-tech products.

Alan Cheuse reviews James Cowan's new book A Mapmaker's Dream. It's the story of a Italian monk's quest to make a perfect map of the world. The book is set during the Renaissance in Venice, and is based in part on the true story of Fra Mauro, whose maps are in the central library in Venice.

NPR'S Julie McCarthy reports that the Asian Pacific Economic Conference ended today on a high note. Leaders of APEC endorsed a U.S. plan to substantially eliminate tariffs on information technology by the year 2000. And there also was progress on the diplomatic front, with China's President Jiang Zemin and President Clinton agreeing to exchange state visits.