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today despite being well behind in the polls. Locking up California's 54 electoral votes requires considerable resources and money that could be better spent elsewhere. But Dole can't afford to give up just yet on a state that is rich in potential campaign donors, and will be the site of next month's GOP convention.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports that the once strong Saudi ARabian economy has begun to weaken. Economic depresson is though of as one possible reason for a rise in Islamic Militancy. The incomes of the middle class hae dropped since the Gulf war and once affluent Saudis are forced to search for for bargains in their daily life and do less internaional travel.

Storyteller Kevin Kling had a song in his heart and though he was tone deaf, that didn't stop him from being in a marching band.

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is run in a very autocratic way by the royal family which doesn't brook any dissent...

about the U.S. women's team's performance and the effect of spreading the tournament across the country rather than in Atlanta.

about the latest news on the E-coli outbreak in Japan.

with the IRS over designating some workers as independent contractors instead of employees...

commander of U.S. ground troops in Bosnia. General Nash says he expects to have his peacekeepers out of Bosnia by the end of the year, in keeping with the President's pledge to Congress. Also now that things are a little quieter in the war-torn region, the forces are making tactical adjustments.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports that there has been no serious bloodshed since yesterday's coup in Burundi. The coup has been roundly condemned by the United Nations, the Organization of African Unity and the United States. But so far, no concrete steps have been taken against the country's new leaders.