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Danny goes to Adelphi Maryland, site of the world's largest x-ray machine. Named 'aurora', this relic of the cold war is now being dismantled by the Pentagon but at one time, this six-story, 7 thousand ton structure was used to design shields for military equipment by mimicking gamma rays generated by a nuclear bomb. Aurora was considered an important feature of the U.S. defense system and one the Soviet's would've loved to have copied, but were never able to.

NPR's John Burnett reports that the status quo is under attack in the automobile retailing industry. The used-car "superstore" is coming to America...and industry analysts say this new kind of dealership is already changing the used-car business. Consumers seem to like the low-pressure, fixed price shopping environment...even if they don't always get the best deal. (7:30) FUNDER 0:29 CUTAWAY 0:59 =========================SECOND HOUR======================= BILLBOARD :59 NEWS 2:59 NEWS 1:59 THEME MUSIC 0:29 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2A 9. CHRISTOPHER IN MOSCOW -- NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Moscow where U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher met today with Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Christopher is in Russia to organize next month's nuclear issues summit between Yeltsin and President Clinton. Christopher says the talks made "excellent progress" toward a total ban on nuclear testing and "substantial progress" on a treaty controlling conventional forces in Europe.

Next week, Congress will vote on a bill that will result in a historic overhaul of the farm programs. Linda talks with Republican Congressman Pat Roberts of Kansas, who is the chair the House Agriculture Committee and who has been working out the details of this seven-year plan to ween farmers off the subsidy government programs. The bill will end traditional price-based subsidies and the government planting controls that control them. The bill is expected to pass through the House and Senate and President Clinton is expected to sign the bill.

SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT LOOKS AT THE DWINDLING FIELD OF COMPETITORS AT THE N-C-A-A COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT.

ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL REVIEWS "NED AND STACEY," A FOX TELEVISION SITUATION COMEDY.

some of its evaluation processes. The new policy only deals with low risk medical devices like gloves and thermometers... but there are bills before Congress that would allow high risk devices like heart valves to be evaluated by private companies.

about her friend and colleague Ron Brown.

at the Smithsonian Museum of American History on chocolate. There was a lecture, a few history lessons, and of course, plenty of taste-testing.

administers it's DNA repository. They've been collecting blood samples from the military to help identify remains of soldiers killed in the field. Critics worry there are insufficient safegurds to protect the confidentiality of the samples. Despite the changes in the system, two Marines still face a court martial for refusing to give samples of their blood to the Pentagon's repository.

NPR'S SUNNI KHALID REPORTS FROM SOUTHERN LEBANON, WHERE ISRAELI WARPLANES, FOR THE LAST THREE DAYS, HAVE ATTACKED. THE VILLAGES OF SOUTHERN LEBANON ARE CONTROLLED BY HEZBOLLAH (HEZZ-boh-LAH), AN ANTI-ISRAEL GUERRILLA GROUP.