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Linda talks with Matt Coles of the ACLU's Lesbian and Gay Rights Project. He was one of the attorneys who argued the Gay Rights case in front of the Supreme Court and says that this ruling makes the constituition real for gays and lesbians. The ruling, he says, means that government can't disadvantage people simply because it doesn't like them.

Linda has an obituary for 1940's Western film star Lash LaRue. His death was announced earlier today.

Prosecutors in Lane County, Oregon tape-recorded a Catholic confession between a jailed triple-murder suspect and a jailhouse priest. Colin Fogarty of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that what was said has not been revealed, but prosecutors want to use the tape in court. Some Catholic leaders and civil libertarians are outraged; they say confessions are sacred and cannot be revealed.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports that the Clinton administration has taken a keener interest in the ongoing violence in Burundi, as fighting there between Hutus and Tutsis has escalated in recent weeks. Four senior administration officials have visited the central African nation in the past week, and the US is pushing at the United Nations for the creation of a peacekeeping force. Many fear that Burundi's conflict could escalate to the level of mass killing experienced in neighboring Rwanda two years ago.

Jacki Lyden talks politics with editors of three national newspapers. Bob Kittle with the San Diego-Union Tribune, Mindy Cameron with hte Seattle Times, and Tom Bray with the Detroit News. Bob Dole is the focal point of this conversation, and most of these editors say their readers feel Dole made the right move when he announced his resignation from the Senate this week.

NPR's Margot Adler reports on LSD guru Timothy Leary's progress toward cyberspace suicide.

Like many other cities, Philadelphia is dealing with a massive police corruption case. Six officers have already been convicted, but the most serious result of the case is the possibility that dozens of drug convictions could be overturned if the officers involved are convicted. NPR's Eric Westervelt, of member station WHYY, reports. CUTAWAY 1C 0:59 1D 8. TORNADOES -- Noah talks with Officer Richard Hardin of the Hillview Police Department in Hillview, Kentucky, where severe weather injured eight people and destroyed hundreds of homes outside Louisville. Officer Hardin was chased by a tornado yesterday, and tells about his experiences...and the damage left in the wake of the storms.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Moscow on Russian President Boris Yeltsin's manuevers to improve his chances of re-election in next month's run-off. Yeltsin appointed former general Alexander Lebed ((LEH-bed)) to the Security Council. In turn, Lebed pledged his support to Yeltsin in the final round of voting. In the first round, Lebed came in third behind Yeltsin and Communist candidate Gennady Zyuganov ((gen-NAH-dee zyu-GAH-noff)). Zyuganov had also wooed Lebed for his support.

Robert talks with Jerrold Post, a professor at the Elliot School of International Affairs at George Washington University. They profile General Alexander Lebed, the surprise third-place finisher in last weekend's Russian presidential elections. Lebed threw his support behind Russian president Boris Yeltsin, and in return was named Yeltsin's security advisor.

has fired three top officials including chief bodyguard and confidante, Alexander Korzhakov. The three are suspected of trying to block the second round of Presidential voting.