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in a sexual harassment case brought by some of its female employees. The court has ordered that all documents pertaining to the lawsuit be unsealed, ruling that the public has a right to know what happened, as long as the privacy of those accused is protected.

and opponents over a researcher's findings on concealed weapon laws. The study says that the 31 states allowing its citizens to carry concealed guns have a decreased rate of violent crimes.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports that President Clinton has agreed in principle to contribute as many as several thousand US troops to a proposed multinational effort to get food and medicine to about a million refugees in eastern Zaire. A White House spokesman said that once such a force is established, perhaps one thousand American troops would deploy in Zaire, helping provide security at a key airport and along special corridors set up to get aid to the mostly Rwandan refugees cut off by recent fighting. The spokesman said most of the US forces would be outside of Zaire, acting in support of the aid operation.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports from Goma, Zaire that shelling forced the suspension of the first attempt to deliver aid to the city today. Relief groups stopped passing out food after four shells slammed into the city. The shells presumably were fired by Rwandan Hutu rebels holed up in a refugee camp outside Goma. The attack came after Zairean Tutsi rebels--who control Goma--fired on an unidentified plane which flew over the city. The incidents underline how hard it will be to organize a massive aid effort for the one million mostly Rwandan refugees stranded by the recent fighting in eastern Zaire.

is undergoing heart by-pass surgery.

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working on political campaigns this year. From high schoolers to recent college graduates, the young political aspirants are getting hands-on experience in the election process.

Music reviewer Tom Moon listens to Odelay, the latest cd by Beck Hansen. Moon says Beck's music is a happy victim of information overload, filled with fun and odd musical juxtapositions. [Stations: The CD is called Odelay, by Beck. It's available on DGC Records (they're a subsidiary of Geffen).]

of campaigning. He travels to Ohio and Pennsylvania today.

Margot Adler reports that although most of the mainstream media has been debunking the story, a controversial account of the introduction of crack into the streets of Los Angeles... and its connection to the CIA and the war in Nicaragua... has been fueling black talk-radio shows for the past two months. Discussion is particularly strong on this topic on the Internet. It has led to demonstrations, a hunger strike, and even a Senate hearing.