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Commentator Mickey Edwards says the government should not meddle in Amercians' decision to die.

NPR's Philip Davis reports on the arrival today of the bodies of Commerce Secretary Ron Brown and others killed in a plane crash in Croatia earlier this week. President Bill Clinton, Vice President Al Gore and families of the victims were at Dover Air Force Base to receive the bodies.

Daniel talks to Dave Beatty of the National Victim Center and Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Rhonda Saunders about stalking laws. In the past 25 months, many states have adopted statewide stalking laws, making it easier for law enforcement agencies to take action. However, Saunders says there is much more that state legislatures can do to toughen these laws across the country. According to the National Victim Center, currently 200,000 Americans are being stalked. For more information on victim centers in your area call the National Victims Center at 1-800-FYI-CALL.

In honor of National Poetry Month, United States Poet Laureate Robert Hass (rhymes with "grass") reads a poem from his book "Human Wishes" titled "Spring Rain".[STATIONS: Human Wishes is published by The Ecco Press]

Daniel talks with epidemiologist Bob Snow about how mosquito nets can help curtail the spread of disease in Africa. Dr.Snow - of Oxford University and the Kenya Medical Research Institute - ran the Kenyan portion of a World Health Organization (W.H.O.) study on the effectiveness of insecticide-treated mosquito nets.

American Auction - From member station WNYC in New York Laura Sydell reports on a remarkable collection of African American artifacts and documents appearing in a New York auction house. Scholars have mixed feelings about the auction, although they are convinced of it's historic nature, they feel some might take advantage of the artifacts and hold on to them for higher resale at a later date.

The clocks in most parts of the US turn an hour forward on Sunday. Daniel talks to William Klepczynski (Klep CHIN ski), the Director of Time at the US Naval Observatory about the history of standard and daylight savings time in the US.

Daniel speaks with Craig Buck about efforts to rebuild Bosnia's crippled economy. Buck leads a team from the US Agency for International Development. He says the top priorities for his team are creating jobs and rebuilding homes. He believes that economic recovery is essential for maintaining peace in the region.

Linda Wertheimer talks to NPR's Nina Totenberg about the investigation of Theodore Kaczynski. Federal agents are continuing their search of his cabin. In addition to bomb-making materials, they have also discovered writings.

Daniel talks with Dianna Ortiz, an American nun who says she was raped and tortured in Guatemala in 1989. Sister Dianna is in the eighth day of a vigil in Washington, D.C.'s Lafayette Park, which is across the street from The White House. She says that the U.S. government has information about her torturers and is keeping a vigil to pressure the U.S. government to release its investigative files on her case, and others like it. The Clinton administration has said that once the Intelligence Oversight Board has reviewed her case, the appropriate information will be made available.

Daniel talks with Timothy Flannery, a mamologist at the Sydney Museum, about the growing popularity of Easter Bilbies in Australia. They are rapidly taking the place of the traditional Easter Bunny because the bunny population has created huge agricultural problems there. Flannery describes the Bilbie as a small animal will silky blueish fur and a friendly demeanor.

Daniel talks with Tom Salp, a former FBI agent who worked in the Behavioral Science Unit at the FBI Academy. Salp explains how behavioral and psychological profiles are created and used in the apprehension of suspects.

Howard Berkes retraces the events leading to the arrest of Ted Kaczynski, the suspected Unabomber. FBI officials continue to piece together evidence to link Ted Kaczynski to the Unabomber. The piece includes reactions from those who knew him in Lincoln, Montana to previous acquaintances and victims.

Robert talks to Seymour Martin Lipset, author of "American Exceptionalism: A Double Edged Sword." (W.W. Norton & Company) Lipset says that many of the characteristics that Alexis de Tocqueville described as uniquely American still exist in our society today and continue to make the United States different from other countries. But Lipset notes these characteristics have a negative side, too.

Four years ago, Lead or Leave was founded as a poltical organization aimed at young Americans. Although the organization received a lot of press attention, commentator Michele Mitchell says the group, as well as Third Millenium, another organization aimed at the same generation, have both failed to attract many followers.

Daniel speaks with NPR's Elizabeth Arnold about what Bob Dole stands for and how his stand on issues has changed throughout his career. Arnold says that Dole has always been a fiscal conservative but that beyond that issue, he sees his role more as an effective legislature than as a political visionary.

NPR's Michael Skoler reports from Rwanda on the exhumation of a mass grave site requested by the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal. The site is in a town called Kibuye (kih-BOO-yay), not far from the refugee camps in Zaire.

Commentator Marianne Jennings sasys business people speak a different language...sometimes they don't use words, just acronyms, sometime they take nouns and turn them into verbs and sometimes they put all these things together and nobody knows exactly what they are saying.

NPR's Trevor Rowe reports on the latest standoff between UN inspectors and Iraqui officials. For the second time in four days, Iraquis have blocked UN officials from checking Iraq's compliance with orders banning weapons of mass destruction.

NPR's Tom Gjelten in Bosnia was at the killing fields this morning with United Nations Ambassador Madeleine Albright. Albright visited a farm believed to contain a mass grave. Gjelten reports that she said the bones and body she saw are clear evidence of a systematic slaughter.