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NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that prices on the stock market plunged today. The Dow Industrial Average fell more than 130 points, or 2.3% The S&P 500, a broader index, was off even more, 2.5%. Investors are worried that robust employment numbers from last Friday could feed an inflationary pickup.

Development to tear down low income high rise apartments in inner city Baltimore, and move tenants to the suburbs. The HUD proposal tentatively settles a class action lawsuit brought by public housing tenants.

Daniel talks with Scott Hernandez, a student at Reed High School in Sparks, Nevada. Hernandez helped organize a no-swearing campaign at his school because an earlier survey of students and teachers showed that most people at Reed High perceived swearing as the number one problem. The 'two bleeping weeks' campaign is an effort to get students and teachers alike to think about the language they use, and not to take swearing for granted.

Commentator Elissa Ely's dog helps her befriend all the old Portugese widows in her apartment building.

In the first of an occassional series on security issues in Asia, NPR's Julie McCarthy reports that the tensions in the Taiwan Strait raise concerns in the US and much of Asia. China's wargames just miles from Taiwan suggest to some a new militarism, and further tip the balance of US sentiment away from China and toward the tiny island that has emerged from dictatorship to democracy.

Long time ATC Commentator Jerry Stern died last night of cancer. We remember him and his contributions to this program.

Suzan Lori Parks is one of the hottest playwrights on the New York scene. The Public Theatre is presenting (starting next week) her latest work for the stage, "Venus." She wrote the screenplay for Spike Lee's latest ("Girls 6") and she's been contracted to write another. Charlene Scott reports.

For the third time since last fall, much of the federal government faces a shut-down on Friday. Legislation to appropriate funding for the rest of the year is on the Senate floor today, and the House has already passed its own bill. But President Clinton, who wants more spending for social programs, is threatening a veto. Senate Republicans say they will probably extend funding for two weeks while both sides work out a compromise. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.