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Linda talks with Jeff Edwards, fire marshall of Parker County, Texas, about the fires that have been burning out of control just west of Forth Worth. Speaking from Poolville, Texas, Edwards says firefighters have contained one blaze that has destroyed 20,000 acres but worries about two more fire that are still burning.

NPR's Joe Palca reports that physicists have found evidence challenging the assumption that fundamental particles called "top quarks" can't be divided into yet smaller structures. Researchers at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Ill., were surprised to find indications that quarks have internal structures. If this turns out to be true, it would contradict the Standard Model that physicists have long used to explain the basic structure of all matter. 17. MAYBE VOOM -- A reading from "The Cat in the Hat Comes Back" by Dr. Seuss. The cat, you'll remember, comes back to reveal another cat under his hat, who has another cat under his hat, who has another cat, and so-on. The cats get smaller until there's only VOOM left.

Robert talks with Bob Beken about his lawsuit against Computer City. He explains how he convinced a judge to rule against the computer chain for putting him on their mailing list against his wishes.

Robert talks with Robert Freedman, author of Moscow and the Middle East about the appointment of Yevgeni Primakov as Russia's new Foreign Minister. Freedman says the former KGB agent is a skilled diplomat and will of great help to Boris Yeltsin.

Commentator Jack Beatty [beety] says the time has come for Congress to pass comprehensive campaign finance reform legislation. He says the current system, in which members of Congress spend much of their time raising funds, is one of the reasons many of our best lawmakers are leaving public office.

Producers Ginna Allison and T.J. Meekins sent us this piece about Rose Maddox, who's known as the grandmother of rockabilly music. Rose got her start in the 1930s, when she was just 11 years old. She went on to perform with country greats like Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard. And this week, her latest album is up for a Grammy.

Alan Cheuse reviews a massive historical novel by Czech emigre writer Josef Skvorecky (YO-sef shuh-VOR-ress-kee). "The Bride of Texas" tells the romantic tale of some 300 Czech emigre soldiers who marched under Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman in his infamous Civil War campaign across Georgia. (Publisher: Knopf)

Jacki talks with Hal Seamon, deputy executive director of the National School Boards Association. President Clinton today supported the concept of requiring kids to wear school uniforms, although he said the requirement should be imposed by local school boards and not the federal government. Seamon supports the idea and says places that HAVE school uniforms are seeing a positive change in student behavior.

As part of our continuing election coverage, we have been running excerpts from the standard stump speeches of the Republican presidential candidates. Tonight it's Pat Buchannan's turn.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on violent protests yesterday in Israel by Ethiopian Jews following their discovery that Israeli blood banks, after drawing blood from the immigrants, throw the blood away, fearing it may be contaminated with HIV. Israel officials explain this was done quietly so as not to hurt the Ethiopians' feelings. But Ethiopian Jews say the disqualification of their blood is just one more example of thr discrimination they suffer at the hands of Israel's white, European-born majority.

Robert talks with Charlie Pierce, a writer for GQ and a commentator-at-large for WBUR in Boston, about the return of Magic Johnson to professional basketball. Johnson, who was diagnosed with HIV, retired from basketball two years ago.

Commentator Alan Sipporin says the write-in vote that Oregonians are conducting now in a special election to replace Senator Packwood is good for democracy. He says more people participate in the write-in vote and it's cheaper, too.

Writer Bev D'Onofrio has this tale of her decision to abandon her life in New York City and return to a saner way of existence in a small town on Long Island.

Robert talks with Jeremy Siegel, professor at the Wharton School of Business and author of "Stocks for the Long Run". Siegel says that even a five to ten percent increase in the market could result in a measurable crash. The market has increased five hundred points in the last two months. This week alone it broke it's high record every day.

Ley (Lee) Garnett of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports from Portland on the devastation from the week's rain and melting snow. The week's downpour has killed at least three people in Oregon and one in southern Washington state. In Portland, retaining walls along the Willamette River have been holding as the river nears it crest. But the Columbia River on the city's north side continues to rise. Half of Oregon's counties are disaster areas and the governor has asked for federal relief.

Geri Pizzi of member station KCUR reports on a dispute in the Kansas State house over the state chaplain's use of the word Jesus in the legislature's opening prayer.

British authorities are reporting an explosion aboard a bus in central London shortly before 6 p.m. eastern time. Danny talks with NPR's Michael Goldfarb.

Robert talks with NPR's Andy Bowers in Sarajevo. Following this past weekend's summit in Rome, military leaders representing the Bosnian Serbs, Croatia and the Bosnian Government were to meet on a U.S. Aircraft carrier to work out details agreed to at the summit. Meanwhile in Sarajevo, the Serb exodus continues. And, NATO forces have issued "wanted" posters so its soldiers can recognize indicted war criminals.

The World Health Organization confirmed today an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the West African country of Gabon. Thirteen people have died from the disease so far and seven more are infected. Jennifer Ludden reports from Abidjan on the race to locate the source of the outbreak and to contain it.

It's long been thought that humans are the only animals that have the ability to do mathematics. But now, researchers from Harvard University say they have shown that rhesus monkeys can perform basic addition and subtraction. Michelle Trudeau reports their research challenges one of the basic asssumptions about what makes us human.