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NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports that since April 27th, the Olympic Torch has been making its way across the country and is scheduled to arrive in Atlanta for the start of the Games in July. By the time the torch completes its journey, it will have traveled more than fifteen thousand miles through forty-two states, and be carried by more than ten thousand people. Wherever it passes, small town or big city, the Torch seems to capture the spirit of the Olympics for those who watch and those who participate.

Commentator Marion Winik wonders if her drinking is getting out of hand. The tell tale signs: reading about her alcohol related adventures in a local sports column, and finding solace in a book about alcoholic writers. However, she is comforted by the fact that she is the picture of sobriety compared to her idol, Dorothy Parker.

Jennifer Griffin reports that funeral services were held today for people who died when Israel bombed a refugee camp in southern Lebanon last week. The deaths helped spur the United States to seek a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah guerillas.

NPR's John Ydstie reports the oil industry is countering statements from politicians about climbing gas prices by pointing to some basic market forces: supply and demand. The oil industry maintains there has been no price gouging and that the oil industry's rate of return is actually lower than average for overall manufacturing.

This first day of May is Labor day for most of the world. From Paris, David Culhane reports that while people are celebrating today with demonstrations, parades and speechs...they are anxious about the future. Unemployment is high, job insecurity is rising and the government is planning to cut social security and other welfare benefits.

against a Mitsubishi auto plant in Illinois has raised certain cultural issues. One question is how to maintain equal opportunity for women in work environments typically dominated by men.

President Clinton has been testifying on videotape before the Whitewater jury in Little Rock, Arkansas. He is a defense witness, called by his former real estate business partners James and Susan McDougal. The McDougals and Arkansas governor Jim Guy Tucker face fraud charges in connection with federally-backed loans. The president has not been charged. NPR's Jon Greenberg reports on Mr Clinton's testimony.

The search for clues in the crash of ValuJet Flight 592 continued in the Florida Everglades today. On Sunday, investigators began using ground-mapping radar to help locate objects in the murky swamp where the plane crashed. Noah speaks with Tom Fenner, geologist and sales director with Geophysical Survey Systems, the company that sent the radar, about the difficulties search crews are experiencing at the crash site.

President Clinton's spokesman said today the president would sign a bill that discourages same-sex marriages. The legislation would give each state the right to NOT recognize same-sex marriages performed in another state. Gay and lesbian advocates say that would deprive them of their rights as American citizens. NPR's Chitra Ragavan looks at the status of the pending bill.

NPR'S Brooke Gladstone reports on an Austin Texas television station's effort to reduce the violence in its local newscasts. News executives at K-VUE have adopted experimental guidelines for determining whether certain violent pictures or stories should even air. Its local competitors accuse K-VUE of arrogantly filtering the news. Yet the station's newscasts are number one in its market.