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Commentator Murray Horwitz tells what it was like yesterday at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinatti when umpire John McSherry collapsed and died at the opening game of the baseball season. Horwitz had attended ball games with his parents in Cincinatti - and was taking his teenager daughter. McSherry, who was 51 years old, suffered sudden cardiac death. The game was delayed to today; Horwitz described the atmosphere there and the matter of fact way his daughter described it afterwards.

The flexible workplace is up and running at Hewlett-Packard. HP employees not only help set their own schedules, but also decide whether to job share or telecommute. Small manufacturers are also getting more flexible. NPR's David Molpus visits a North Carolina textile mill to show how things are changing.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says Russian President Boris Yeltsin's new Chechen ceasefire may be more about politics than peace.

In eastern Pennsylvania's 15th District, a hard fought campaign for the U.S. House seat is already underway. The incumbent Democrat won by a razor thin margin two years ago, and the 1996 election promises to be just as close. NPR will chronical the campaign in this swing district throughout the year. NPR's Steve Inskeep introduces the candidates.

In this story, Dr.Richard Weinberg remembers fondly his days as an intern in the 1970's and specifically the head nurse who taught Weinberg what he calls the deepest and best traditions of medicine.

NPR senior new analyst says that several recent leaks have the White House concerned, but this is nothing new in presidential history.

Robert Siegel speaks with astronaut Jeff Hoffman. After five trips into space on the shuttle, his last coming on the voyage which lost a tethered satellite, Mr. Hoffman reviews the exceptional opportunity he's had to participate in the begining of human outreach beyond the planet.

President Clinton signed the line-item veto bill today. It will allow a president to eliminate specific items in spending legislation, as well as very narrow tax loopholes and new entitlements. The new law, which presidents have called for for decades, goes into effect next January and will expire in eight years unless Congress extends it. Proponents say it will help cut the deficit. But NPR's Mara Liasson reports that many analysts are skeptical about the line-item veto's effectiveness.

Commentator David Brooks - a non-smoker- wonders why smokers don't stand up to the crusade against their lifestyle... especially since this year has been coined in certain circles the Tobacco Election.

Robert talks with Newsweek correspondent Michael Isikoff about the latest in Whitewater news. The plot thickens. Today, Little Rock businessman David Hale was sentenced to 28 months in prison on felony charges and ordered to repay more than two million dollars. Isikoff tells the tale of how it all began in 1993 when Mr. Hale tried to cut a deal to avoid a prison sentence. In exchange for a lesser charges of a misdeamor he said he had a story to tell about the President and his illegal dealings in Whitewater. (4:00) 2. BRITISH BEEF - NPR's Michael Goldfarb reports that officials from the European Commission have ordered a ban on all exports of British beef and cattle products. Senior veterinarians from the 15 E.U. governments said the ban should include live cattle, sperm, and embyos, along with products made from beef and veal. While acknowledging there is no clear scientific evidence linking the so-called "mad cow" disease and humans, the officials say there is a need to restore public confidence.

With the collapse of the Soviet Union, independence among some former republics has been hard. Some, like Belarus on the western flank of Russia, want closer ties with Moscow. Others, like the five new states in Central Asia, want to keep their distance. They are struggling to find a new relationship with Russia. NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Turkmenistan.

Commentator Don Eberly says our civil society has languished...the institutions that make up this part of the socoety, family, churches, civic organizations are suffering from lack of membership. He says a big reason is because the government has filled many of the voids...but with the federal government moving to limit its role, we need to build back our civil society.

Noah Adams speaks with Mike McCleese, coach of Howard University's varsity basketball team. They discuss the maturity of young basketball player's today in light of the incident earlier this week when Nick van Exel of the NBA Los Angeles Lakers shoved a referee after being given a second technical foul and being tossed out of a game. Coach McCleese believes pro basketball players are not necessarily mature when they enter the pros and coaches in the pros are not there to help them with that part of their life. All in all, coach McCleese says, players are learning the right things in college sports and incidents like these are abberations.

NPR's Martha Raddatz reports that the International War Crimes Tribunal today issued its first indictments for war crimes allegedly committed against Bosnian Serbs. Three Bosnian Muslims were indicted...the first to be charged by prosecutors...along with a Croat.

NPR's Melissa Block reports that in New York, two judges have come under fire for controversial rulings, one involving drug evidence that was thrown out in a federal case; the other involving a man freed on bail who then killed his girlfriend. Political opposition to these rulings has reached a fevered pitch, raising questions about judicial independence and the potential chilling effect of political pressure on the courts. Now Congress is involved and trying to get the White House to play a role. (8:00) CUTAWAY 2C 0:59 2D 16. FARM BILL -- Next week, Congress will vote on a bill that will result in a historic overhaul of the farm programs. Linda talks with Republican Congressman Pat Roberts of Kansas, who is the chair the House Agriculture Committee and who has been working out the details of this seven-year plan to ween farmers off the subsidy government programs. The bill will end traditional price-based subsidies and the government planting controls that control them. The bill is expected to pass through the House and Senate and President Clinton is expected to sign the bill.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on the latest fighting in Southern Lebanon. Israelis responded to an attack by Hezbollah guerrills with a blitz in south Lebanon and struck at a Syrian army position in Beirut's southern suburbs.

Noah Adams talks NPR'S Sunni Khalid about Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Harriri call on Israel to withdraw from Southern Lebanon as a way to end the attacks from Hezbollah guerillas. He said his country can not stop Hezbollah without angering the Lebanese people.

Daniel talks with Michelle Chalfoun, author of a new book called 'Roustabout'. Chalfoun's book is a fictional account of a young woman's experiences when she joins up with a circus as a member of its crew. The young woman's life is loosely based on Chalfoun's own experience when she also toured with a circus for a few years as a roustabout. Chalfoun says she'd like her next career to be that of a cook... ("Roustabout", HarperCollins).

Musician and composer Michael Wolff was recently rocking his crying baby to sleep when all of a sudden it dawned on him that the rhythm of the moment was the perfect basis for the making of a song.

NPR's Sunni Khalid reports from Beirut on Hezbollah's hard-line stance regarding Israel. In an interview, Hezbollah's chief political spokesman said that Hezbollah would be undeterred from bombing northern Israel, despite Israel's aggressive response.