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Playwrite and author Kevin Kling goes to the Metrodome in Minneapolis as part of his brother's bachelor party. The game was dull, but for these fans in the stands, an epic eventwould soon unfold from the bleachers.

The apparent suicide of the Navy's highest-ranking officer Admiral Jeremy Mike Boorda leaves a number of complicated issues unresolved. Boorda had been tapped to help the Navy cope with controversies ranging from allegations of sexual harrassment, to drug and cheating scandals at the Naval Academy, to problems with overall morale. NPR's Neil Conan reports.

A water bottling company is now making bottled water with added caffeine.

NPR's Derek Reveron reports on the status of the investigation into the cause of the crash of Valujet flight 592. The DC-9 went down in the Florida Everglades one week ago killing 110 people. Divers today began diving missions into the crater opened up by the plane when it went down. Yesterday officials ruled out engine failure as the cause of the crash.

Carl Cannon, White House correspondent of the Baltimore Sun oins Liane Hansen to talk about this past week's news, including the esignation of Sen. Robert Dole (R-KS) and the suicide of Admiral Jeremy "Mike" oorda, Chief of Naval Operations.

N-P-R's Linda Gradstein (grad-steen) reports from Israel on the apture Friday of HAssan Salameh, who the Israelis beleive is responsible for hree suicide attacks earlier this year. The capture has raised fears that the sraeli elections 10 days from now will be a target for disruption.

Ann-Elise Henzl of member station WUWM in Milwaukee eports on the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, which equires museums to return artifacts to tribes. Enacting the law is proving ifficult for both tribal members and natural history museums.

Noah talks with Adam Bryant, transportation reporter for the New York Times, as questions about the Federal Aviation Administration's role as cop and cheerleader to the industry grow in the wake of the crash of ValuJet Flight 592. They'll talk about how effective the F-A-A can be as a regulator of safety concerns while maintaining its stance as a representative of the airline industry.

An art museum in Connecticut is training youngsters to lead museum tours. Several museums train high school students, but the Aldrich Museum is training grade-schoolers. The theory is: who better to explain art to kids than their peers? There's a twist at the Aldrich - it's a contemporary art museum, so the kids have to try to explain stuff that most adults don't understand. Phyllis Joffe reports.

NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports on demographics in schools after more than 40 years of desegregation.