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TEXAS VOTERS AND VOTERS IN MANY OTHER STATES GO TO THE POLLS ON TUESDAY, AND NPR'S BRIAN NAYLOR REPORTS ON FRIDAY NIGHT'S DEBATE IN DALLAS. BOB DOLE, THE FRONT RUNNER, SKIPPED IT.

of yesterday morning's bombing... the fourth in nine days.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports that Israeli troops destroyed the family home of a suicide bomber responsible for 18 deaths last week. Israel's foreign minister put additional pressure on Palestinian Authority President Yasser Araft, saying if Arafat doesn't crack down on Muslim extremists, Israel will do it for him.

Noah and Linda read more listeners' responses to our request for notable quotes in which the speaker refers to him or herself in the third person, ala Bob Dole.

Bob Mondello reviews the Coen brothers' new comedy thriller, Fargo. It's a picture set in the Midwest, and the humor comes from accents that are as flat as the landscape.

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE CURRENTLY WAITING FOR ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION LETTERS FROM THEIR FAVORITE COLLEGES. WE TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER AN ADMISSION ESSAY THAT CAUGHT MANY PEOPLE'S ATTENTION.

Noah speaks with Saud Abu Ramadan, a Palestinian journalist in Gaza, about a 17-year-old youth who was recruited by Islamic extremists to become a suicide bomber. In describing the recruitment process, Abu Ramadan says extremist leaders keep an eye out for especially religious youths and brainwash them into believing that their impoverished lives on earth are failures. He says they then convince these young people that the awards of paradise await them if they become martyrs for the Islamic cause.

We play an excerpt from British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's famous speech, delivered in Fulton, Missouri, 50 years ago today, in which he warned of an "iron curtain" descending across eastern Europe.

Last summer, we aired a documentary about a civil rights case brought against a small Cajun dancehall in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, called La Poussiere. The Justice department sued the facility for allegedly failing to admit a black patron, Zee Scott, who happened to be a Justice Department lawyer. Scott also sued. This week, the Justice Department settled its case against La Poussiere, which admitted the discrimination. The Justice Department also announced settlement of another race discrimination case involving another Louisiana restaurant. Danny talks about the cases with Devall Patrick, who heads the Justice Department's Civil Rights division.

On the eve of New Hampshire primary, NPR's Brooke Gladstone revisits he Achilles heel of presidential campaign questions: "What's the price of milk nd eggs?"