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NPR's Peter Overby reports that most political contributions come from very few people. One of the areas of the country that has among the highest concentration of big-time donors is Greenwich, Connecticut. Some say residents there get special attention in return from the political establishment, and campaign finance reformers would like to limit how much money candidates can get from people who do not live in the areas they represent.

JET CRASH - NPR's Jon Greenberg reports on the crash today of a Value-Jet airliner en route from Miami to Atlanta. The jet crashed in the Florida everglades not long after takeoff. 109 people were on board. There are no signs of survivors.

Daniel talks with Colonel Wayne Forbush about the latest news in Liberia. Forbush is the Marine Commander in Charge of protecting the United States Embassy in Monrovia. Forbush says though a ceasefire is currently in effect, fighting still continues.

NPR's Tovia Smith reports from Cambridge, MA on a plan to integrate school children by income level in addition to race.

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NPR's Eric Weiner reports from Iran that, contrary to popular belief, many Iranians like Americans and American culture.

Deborah Amos reports that an American court is considering a case against Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadich. Karadich has been indicted by the International War Crimes Tribunal at The Hague, but no trial can take place there unless Karadich is arrested. He's still at large in Bosnian Serb territory, but Amos says that won't hamper the American court proceeding.

Linda Gradstein reports on today's talks between Israelis and alestinians on the futures of Jerusalem and the formal Palestinian state, as ell as Palestinian access to the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Commentator Jerry Landay teaches "issues in television" at the University of Illinois. He examines the use of paid political commercials. Paying for these spots is prohibitively expensive and means that some candidates, like those for state offices, spend all their time fundraising instead of pressing the flesh and talking about issues. The networks handing free time to presidential candidates is a step in the right direction, but that does nothing to help the little guy out there running for the state legislature.

Commentator Sam Fulwood says the fight in Prince George's County, Maryland over inviting Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas to speak to an eighth-grade class is a public spectacle of official cowardice, racial politics and divisive posturing. He claims it is a sad example of how race is discussed and used in this country.