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In addition to smashing a longtime world record, Tatjana Schoenmaker took home South Africa's first gold medal of the Tokyo Games.

The McLean County Emergency Management Agency usually spends most of its time preparing for disaster. But the last year-and-a-half has been a non-stop emergency.

French judo athlete Teddy Riner, a 6-foot-8, two-time gold medalist known as "Big Ted," has dominated his sport for a decade. It was a shock when he lost in a quarterfinal fight.

have reached an out-of-court settlement under which the state no longer will shackle prisoners together on chain gangs. The Southern Poverty Law Center had sued Alabama in federal court, charging the practice violated the Constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Under the agreement, Alabama will continue to use prisoners on road crews, and their ankles will be shackled together, but they won't be chained to other inmates.

-NPR'S Andy Bowers reports from Sarajevo on the seizure by NATO forces of what they call a Muslim terrorist training camp just outside the city. Eleven people, including three thought to be Iranians, were arrested at the camp, along with a large arms cache, including rifles, machine guns and booby traps. U.S. Admiral Leighton Smith, the commander of NATO forces in Bosnia, says elements of the mainly Muslim Bosnian government may have been involved in training some of the men to carry out terrorist acts.

Linda talks with NPR's political correspondent Elizabeth Arnold and pollster Andy Kohut, about early exit polls and the electorate who turned out in New Hampshire.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold assesses Republican presidential andidate Bob Dole's prospects for success in the upcoming Iowa caucus. Dole is urrently the front runner.

as the number of African-Americans dwindles and the number of Latinos rises.

A story for Valentine's Day from "The Sadness of Sex," called "Poison" told by Barry Yourgrau. (5:00) [An excerpt from the soundtrack to his upcoming film, "The Sadness of Sex."] FUNDER 0:29 CUTAWAY 0:59 =========================SECOND HOUR======================= BILLBOARD :59 NEWS 2:59 NEWS 1:59 THEME MUSIC 0:29 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2A 10. TALKING TO TROOPS -- NPR's Andy Bowers reports from the American sector of the NATO implementation force zone in northern Bosnia. In spite of a more agressive position taken by NATO on behalf of the International War Crimes Tribunal, American soldiers don't expect to be apprehending indicted war criminals any time soon.

about plans to resurrect the airline as a full-service but low-cost carrier, based in Miami. Gandt is not optimistic the new Pan Am will be successful.