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has agreed on a plan to eliminate certain tariffs.

reluctance to intervene in the country's problems.

The Museum of Jurassic Technology is located in Los Angeles. It is the creation of a visionary named David Wilson---who for the past decade has been displaying exhibits that stretch the boundaries of imagination and reality--the horn of a woman from the year 1688, a bat which can supposedly pass clean through solid objects, microminiature sculptures...including Snow White and her Seven Dwarfs on the shaft of a needle. Each exhibit is documented---and Wilson appears to believe that all of it is absolutely genuine and the stories surrounding them are true. Our guide through the museum is New Yorker Magazine writer Lawrence Weschler (WESH-lurr)---who chronicled this museum in his book Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonders ---his audio portrait is produced by David Isay.

of female prisoners by male guards in many state prisons. The Human Rights Watch investigation conducted a two-year study of 11 women's prisons in California, Georgia, New York, Illinois, Michigan, and the District of Columbia.

between the big-3 carmakers to accelerate research into "smart" airbags. The new systems, tentatively planned to be installed starting in 1999, would use sensors to tell the airbag how fast and with how much force to deploy. Public hearings on airbag safety will be held today in Washington.

Commentator Kristine Holmgren tells a story about her Thanksgiving in 1965, at a particularly dark time in her life...and about the kindness of a stranger on a bus.

U.S. officials who are hoping to strengthen some international environmental treaties are watching a fishing conference in Spain very closely, where diplomats are trying to crack down on nations that are ignoring the treaty protecting the giant bluefin tuna. The numbers of bluefin tuna have been reduced by ninety percent since the 1970's, mostly due to overfishing by fleets from Asia, Europe, and the Americas. The debates over the treaty could have far-reaching implications for other international wildlife protection agreements. NPR's John Nielsen reports.

John Nielsen looks at the emphasis the Clinton campaign is placing on its environmental record, contrasting it with that of Bob Dole and the Republican Congress. While Dole supporters in Congress defend the Republican record as a good one, the candidate himself has said little about it.

...and we're all invited. Five of America's best known chefs drop by with some very special contributions.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past eek's news, including President Bill Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin etanyahu, Palestinian Education Minister Hanan Ashrawi, Republican Presidential andidate Bob Dole, former presidential candidate Lamar Alexander,Baltimore rioles player Roberto Alomar and General Counsel of the Major League Umpires ssociation Richard Phillips.