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to vote on a final version of anti-illegal immigration legislation. The bill would double the size of the U-S/Mexican border patrol, make it easier to stop illegal immigrants at the border, and streamline the deportation process.

has issued a new series of guidelines on the use of car seats and airbags for children. The guidelines come after several children died in accidents where the airbag was deployed.

is widespread in Russia, President Boris Yeltsin had to withdraw a decree that would have allowed the tax collection authorities to access people's bank accounts.

magazine columnist Joe Nocera discuss the downside of socially responsible investing.

Commentator Katherine Kersten says that the modern welfare state is built on a false premise that the goal of human life is to be happy and comfortable...and that it is the government's role to ensure that people are happy.

An American businessman was gunned down in Moscow today near the upscale hotel he'd been fighting to manage. NPR's Andy Bowers reports on Paul Tatum and the message his murder gives to other Americans doing business in Russia.

Three articles in the current Journal of the American Medical Association underscore how research results can be a double edged sword. Two papers suggest that taking estrogen replacement therapy increases bone mass, and therefor prevents bone fractures later in life. But one other paper points out that women with increased bone mass are at greater risk for developing breast cancer. NPR's Joanne Silberner explores these apprently conflicting results.

Noah talks with Fred Davis, computer consultant and author of "Windows '95 Bible", about a federal court ruling that will allow America on Line to block junk e-mail from being sent to its subscribers. Many AOL customers complained about getting ads in their electronic mailboxes. In the case of on-line junk mail you are essentially paying for it, whereas junk mail through the postal system is free.

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Noah talks with New York State Assemblyman Joseph Crowley about Gov. George Pataki's bill that will ensure New York school children learn about the Irish potato famine. Pataki signed the bill today, while Ireland's president Mary Robinson is visiting the city.