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NPR's Richard Harris reports on research released today that scientists believe they have discovered a link between a personality trait and a specific gene. The gene in question seems to be partially responsible for the behavior in some people who take risks.

President Clinton and Senate Majority Leader Dole addressed the National Governors' Association today. NPR's White House correspondent Mara Liasson reports both men praised the governors for coming up with a bipartisan compromise on Medicaid and welfare -- two of the biggest federal programs administered by the states and two of the biggest stumbling blocks in negotiations over a federal budget.

without considering the enormous amount that tax breaks cost the federal government.

decide whether Mexico should be sanctioned if that nation is found not to be doing enough to stop drug trafficking. The anti-narcotics efforts of all drug-producing countries are subject to yearly review, under U.S. law.

New York Times reporter Bill Carter's bestseller The Late Shift which told of the backstage battle between David Letterman and Jay Leno to occupy Johnny Carson's seat on the Tonight show, is now a movie that will debut tomorrow on HBO. A review from Ken Tucker.

Noah Adams speaks with Rich Berry, director of the Fish Propagation Program for the state of Oregon. He says budget cuts forced the state to release 8 million baby salmon into the icy Columbia River to meet almost certain death.

Commentator Bailey White comments on odd bathroom practices -- like the little basket of dried flower petals put on the toilet, or the toilet paper folded into a point-- all designed to put us at ease in a dark, primordial room. She also notes the modern technologies in progressive airport bathrooms she has visited.

Members of Congress came back to Washington this week after a three week hiatus. And Commentator Mickey Edwards wants know if the republican members will continue the fight for the GOP agenda. It was only two months ago that budget battles raged between the Congress and the White House. Mickey Edwards wonders if Republicans on the Hill will get back on track with their agenda: the balanced budget and taxes. He wonders what they will get accomplished in the next few months, especially now that the GOP Presdiential candidates have taken the spotlight and shifted focus of the Republican agenda.

The House today approved fundamental changes in the nation's agricultural policy as it's existed since the Great Depression. NPR's Chitra Ragavan reports on the so-called Freedom-to-Farm legislation that gradually ends subsidies from the federal government and leaves farming to market forces. The Senate has already passed similar legislation.

for Britain's royal family.