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- Danny talks with NPR's Anne Garrels who is in Moscow about the latest on Russia's presidential elections. He'll also be joined by Sarah Mendelson, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the State University of New York in Albany who is currently in Moscow who will discuss implications for Russia's future.

Scott and NPR's Daniel Schorr review the weeks news.

NPR's Brian Naylor reports that Bob Dole's position on the Republican platform's abortion plank has set the stage for a renewed fight this summer at the party's national convention in San Diego. Conservative state party activists are trying to ensure that delegates to the convention are committed to keeping the plank as it is, calling for a constitutional amendment to ban abortion. Dole supports that position, but would like to include language recognizing that there are differences within the party on this issue.

Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary apologized today for mismanaging her expensive overseas official travel. But she also defended the trips, in her testimony before the House Commerce investigations subcommittee. O'Leary said her missions abroad generated business for American firms and benefitted U-S foreign policy. NPR's John Nielsen reports.

Noah talks about some facts about fathers and the history of Father's Day.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past eek's news, including Rep. Tom Campbell (R-CA), Rep. Marge Roukema (R-NJ) ROO-kuh-ma), Sen. Robert Dole (R-KS), President Bill Clinton, and the singing oice of Winnie the Pooh along with Space Shuttle Endeavor Commander John Casper nd NASA mission control communicator Ken Cameron.

SCIENCE PROJECT: Essayist Susan Arnout Smith recounts the story of her on's grade school science project.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a hallenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Jane Raymond, a chemistry rofessor from Pasadena, California. Her public radio stations are KPCC in asadena and KCRW in Santa Monica.)

NPR's Vicky Que reports on residents from Evansville, Indiana, who are up in arms over the government's new weather-forecasting equipment which was recently installed there. They claim that the new, state-of-the-art Doppler Radar designed to help warn residents of dangerous storms has completely missed several which have swept through the town in recent months, and they'd like the old equipment back.

Robert Siegel probes the political views of the Margalit (MARR-gah-leet) family, which generally supports politicians who hold the leftist point of view. For them, peace is the over-riding issue upon which their decision is made, and they approve of the effort which has been made to deal with the Palestinians.