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Daniel talks with NPR's Tom Gjelten about preparations at The Hague for Bosnia war crimes trials. A two week investigation into alleged slaughters outside Srebrenica ended yesterday. Investigators returned to The Hague with bags of physical evidence which will be used at the trials, the first of which begin in May. Only a handful of suspects are actually in custody.

Commentator Kevin Kling discovered a family secret, the day he was struck by lightning.

Robert talks to David Armstrong, a reporter for the Boston Globe, about how the Massachusetts Department of Social Services has been allowing convicted criminals to become foter parents. Armstrong has reported that convicted rapists, spouse abusers, and robbers have been approved as foster parents. Today, the department said that it will no longer allow waivers for convicted criminals to take in foster children.

and how it will play out in the upcoming Presidential election.

The Supreme Court heard arguments today on whether laws limiting campaign spending by political parties violates the First Amendment. If the justices were to rule in favor of unlimited spending by parties, it would in effect eliminate limits for individual candidates, most of whom run with the support of a party. NPR's Nina Totenberg takes a look at today's arguments.

movie critic for Newsday, about this year's Cannes film festival.

NPR's Linda Gradstein looks at historical and religious strains in Hebron, and how those complicate Isreal's partial pullout the city. Muslims and Jews alike view it as the birthplace of their respective faiths, and neither side wants to withdraw an inch.

New Congressional Budget Office (CBO) numbers suggests the Medicare may be deeper in the red. They've long said it will go broke sooner -- in the year 2001 instead of 2002. Now, others are saying the same thing. An unexpected increase in hospitalizations is only one possible factor. In an election year, this sort of information gets played by Democrats and Republicans, who offer different solutions to the problem. NPR's Joanne Silberner has this report.

to ban carrying oxygen canisters as cargo on passenger plans. Decision comes in wake of the possible link of the of the canisters to the Valujet crash.

The disease could mean a shortage of pasta.