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CIA & DIPLOMATS: NPR's Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr comments on he uncozy relationship between the CIA and the diplomatic corps.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports on Israeli youth and how they might vote in next week's election. Whereas young people used to be more hawkish than their elders, the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin in November has pushed them toward the Labor Party because, they say, it is the party more concerned with peace.

NPR's John Ydstie reports that Iraq's acceptance of a U.N. plan that would allow Iraqi oil producers to export 2 billion dollars' worth of oil likely won't bring an immediate drop in the world's oil prices. But experts say U.S. consumers can expect to see lower prices at the gasoline pump in coming months as a result of the plan.

NPR's Martha Raddatz reports from Sarajevo on a change in the leadership among the Bosnian Serbs. Over the weekend, the leader of the Bosnian Serbs, Radovan Karadzic, [RAH-doh-van KARE-uh-jitch] decided to give up dealing with the international community. He appointed Biljana Plavsic [bee-YAH-nah PLAHV-sitch] to act for him. International observers say the change will not make it easier to deal with the Bosnian Serbs. Plavsic is known as a hard-liner who will probably continue Karadzic's policies.

45 people were charged today with distributing child pornography. NPR's Chitra Ragavan says the Postal Service made the arrests after a two-year 36-state undercover operation.

A monument to journalists killed while performing their jobs was dedicated this week in Arlington, Virginia. Scott speaks with Peter Pritchard of the Freedom Forum, which sponsored the memorial. We also hear part of a speech from the ceremony, given by the mother of one of the journalists honored.

Scott reads letters from listeners.

who has discovered a diary that seems to confirm that Admiral Richard E Byrd became the first person to fly a plane over the North Pole 70 years ago. (5:10).

to lower the number of cars on the island during tourist season. In the past, any car in line for the ferry before a certain time was guaranteed passage to the island that day. But beginning tomorrow, reservations are required two weeks in advance for a space on the ferry.

In the Midwest, unemployment rates are at their lowest in decades. NPR's Don Gonyea reports that midwestern employers are offering competitive wages and benefits in order to attract enough workers.