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Linda talks with Martin Cruz Smith about his new book called "Rose." The book is a mystery set in an 1870s coal mining town called Wigan (WIG-in). The character "Rose" is a "pit girl." Pit girls were women who worked at the mines and became famous throughout Victorian England when they refused to wear long dresses on the job, choosing pants instead. (Random House; NY, 1996)

Garth Williams, who illustrated dozens of children's books, including Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web and Little House on the Prairie, died Wednesday at the age of 84. Noah Adams talks with his wife Leticia about her husband and the magical drawings he created. A memorial service was held today in Marfil, Mexico, the town in which he spent much of his time of the past 35 years.

NPR's Kathy Schalch reports the White House today unveiled a $3.9 billion five-year federal aid plan for Washington D.C. Officials said they want to end the $3.56 billion federal payment to the city it would have made over that period. Under the proposal the federal goverment would assume the city's pension liabilities for police, firefighters, judges and teachers.

President Clinton urged what he called a "spirit of reconciliation" today in a speech at a prayer breakfast at the White House. As NPR's Mara Liasson reports, Mr. Clinton called on Americans to heal divisions caused by politics, race and other factors. The president said his top priorities for his second term are education, welfare, family values, the economy and foreign policy.

The BBC's Karen Coleman reports from Sarajevo that a government has been approved for Bosnia-Hercegovina. The House of Representatives, made up of Serbs, Croats and Muslims, finally met this morning, more than three months since elections were held. Although it means that Serbs, Muslims and Croats will be working together, the real power in the country still resides in the Bosnian Serb Republic and the Muslim-Croat Federation.

Noah talks to Jodie Scott of Shoreline, Washington, just outside of Seattle. She went to buy a pump to pump out her flooded first floor, and when she got back, she parked her car around the corner from her house. The next day the car ended up at the bottom of a 60 foot deep, 150 foot wide sinkhole.

about the looming budget battle between the White House and Congress. There's talk of bi-partisan cooperation this time around...unlike last year, when President Clinton's budget, and the resulting battle of wills led to two shutdowns of the federal government.

A Republican member of the House Standards of Official Conduct Committee today recused himself from participating in the ethics case against Speaker Newt Gingrich. Congressman David Hobson of Ohio withdrew to leave the ethics panel with an equal number of Democrats and Republicans deciding the issue, following the recusal of Democratic Congressman Jim McDermott. Robert talks with NPR's Brian Naylor for an update on the Gingrich case.

- NPR's Jon Greenberg reports that President Clinton and the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Bob Dole, both spoke out today in campaign remarks. The president talked about crime, and said he wants to create a national register of sex offenders. And Dole attacked the President for what he called the adminstration's "pattern of ethical arrogance" regarding the confidential files on former Bush and Reagan administraiton officials a White House official obtained from the FBI.

meeting at the White House yesterday with President Clinton. Today, Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress. It's his first visit to Washington since defeating incumbent Prime Minister Shimon Peres last month.