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A mural of a basketball player is slowing down the morning commute on a Chicago freeway. Drivers have been gaping at a seventy-five-foot-wide billboard of basketball player Dennis Rodman. The advertisement for a clothier also includes Michael Jordan and Cubs second baseman Ryne Sandberg. Rick Karr reports that the garment-maker may remove the billboard if it continues to slow the traffic. (5:00) 2B CUTAWAY 0:59 Funder 0:29 XPromo 0:29 CUTAWAY 2B 0:29 RETURN2 0:29 NEWS 2:59 NEWS 1:59 THEME MUSIC 0:29 2C 17. LYBIA - NPR's Neal Conan reports on the statement by US Defense Secretary William Perry that the US would not allow Libya to finish construction of a suspected chemical weapons plant. Perry told Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak that the US has photographs showing of an "extensive" weapons program, and would not rule out using force to destroy the plant. NPR's Neal Conan reports.

In the early 1960's, radio producer Alex Van Oss lived in Uganda, just up the street from an orphange where Van Oss often heard music being played. Now, a musical troupe from that very same orphange is touring the United States and Van Oss went to meet up with them.

As Bob Dole campaigns from the Capitol, President Clinton is carrying out his own campaign events from the White House. Today's event was a speech on illegal drugs and violent crime. NPR's Mara Liasson reports that Mr. Clinton's strategy is to be presidential and remain above the fray ... but that's not always easy.

Commentator Reuven Frank says scenes like the Montanan siege of the Freemen farm, the O.J. trial and the the New Hampshire primary prove just one thing...there are too many journalists and not enough news. And when journalists descend, they do affect the story.

Gillian Sharpe ((JILL-ee-uhn)) reports from the Hague that a Bosnian Croat general has pleaded not guilty during a hearing at the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal. General Tihomir Blaskic ((TEE-oh-meer BLAHS-

Carmen Deedee has this story about her Mother's weakness for the 5 and Dime icon.

An investigative report. Starbucks President David

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on the reaction to the proposal by Prime Minister Shimon Peres to hold a national referendum on the peace process. Yasser Arafat denounced the idea, as did Peres' opponent in the May 29 election. The terrorist group Hamas weighed in with a threat to conduct more suicide bombings.

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.