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King Richard author Michael Dobbs reconstructs how the scandal gradually engulfed more administration officials, with operatives turning on each other — and eventually the president.

Pop culture critic Linda Holmes has been making this annual list since 2010. Big, small, inspirational, silly — what these items have in common is that they are all wonderful and brought her joy.

The judge said the CDC doesn't have the authority to impose the moratorium, leaving housing for millions of Americans possibly in jeopardy.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has set Wednesday for a vote to remove Rep. Liz Cheney from her No. 3 Republican leadership post.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's ews, including President Clinton on the Crime Bill; Representative John Kasich KAY-sick) (R-OH) on the budget; Senator Don Nickles (R-OK) and Rep. Nita Lowey D-NY) on Dr. Henry Foster's nomination for Surgeon General; Rutgers University resident Francis Lawrence; and President Clinton, House Speaker Newt Gingrich, nd Kansas City Royal's Pitcher David Cone on baseball.

Liane Hansen talks with biographers Judith and Neil organ about children's book author Ted Geisel (GUY-zell). Under the pseudonym Dr.Seuss," (SOOS) Geisel wrote such classics as THE CAT IN THE HAT, GREEN EGGS ND HAM, and HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS. The Morgan's new book about his ife and work is titled, DR. SEUSS AND MR. GEISEL: A BIOGRAPHY (Random House ooks).

NPR's Margot Adler reports on a recently completed study by two Columbia University anthropologists who examined the difficulties of finding a job at fast food restaurants in the inner city. They concluded that these jobs, while low paying, are coveted and that there are not enough of them to go around. 6:00 8. Profile of Minister - Daniel travels to the southwestern African country of Namibia and meets Libertine Amathila, the Namibian Minsiter of Housing and Local Government. She is the most politically powerful woman in the country and may be the first woman to run for president in Africa.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with Mike Christensen, Washington orrespondent for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, about Newt Gingrich's igh-profile rise to the position of Speaker of the House. They also discuss the n-going controversy between the National Park Service and the family of Dr. artin Luther King over who will control a visitor's center which is being built cross the street from Atlanta's King Center For Social Change. (Today would ave been the 66th birthday of Dr. King.)

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports from Sarajevo on efforts to stop Bosnian Serbs from fleeing their homes in the Sarajevo suburbs. Under the Dayton peace agreement, those Serb suburbs come under the control of the Muslim-led Bosnia government. There are reports that some Serbs are loading everything they can into their cars and burning their houses after leaving. The top civilian adminstrator for NATO today met with three Bosnian Serb leaders to explore ways to stop the exodus.

programs abroad. The House of Representatives wants to reduce such funding by more than a third, unless abortion is restricted. The Senate and Clinton administration oppose the cuts and restrictions on the grounds that they endanger the lives of thousands of women and children in poor countries.