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Plaintiffs bringing a wrongful death suit against O.J. Simpson rested their case today after a half-hour of questioning. NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on today's developments, which include the dismissal of a juror and adjournment of the trial until next Tuesday.

Liane Hansen speaks with Irish Minister of State Avril Doyle nd Kevin Whelan, visiting professor of history at Notre Dame University, who re currently giving a lecture tour in the U.S. on the Great Irish Famine of 845-49. In the midst of the most advanced empire in the world at the time, more han a million Irish died and almost two million more were forced to emigrate in rder to survive. Most of the latter came to the United States, where they had a rofound affect on this country.

from Capitol Hill about the intentions of House Speaker Newt Gingrich -- one says he wants to replace all members of the ethics committee investigating his alleged misdeeds.

Under the plan, a separate Serb Republic and a separate Muslim-Croat Federation were to be realized.

NPR's Michael Goldfarb assesses the current state of the stalled orthern Ireland peace process.

are continuing after the Supreme Court again overturned local election results. But of greater threat to the Serbian leader are trade union grievances and idle factories.

over how Governor Pataki plans to make sweeping changes in the state's welfare system.

Noah talks to Dr. William Fair, chief of urology at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Center in New York City, about the basics of prostate cancer: who it affects, when it strikes, and its diagnosis and prognosis.

NPR's John Ydstie reports on a volatile day of trading on Wall Street, but the selloff that started in Asia and spread to Europe did not have much effect in New York today. Markets around the world saw stock values plunge on remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan that hinted at Federal Reserve concern about "irrationally exuberant" markets.

Robert talks about Wall Street slang, and what it really means...from a "downturn" to a "dip" to "the c-word."