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Richard Hearney is the second highest ranking officer in the U.S. Marines. This past week he visited the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange to see what the energetic floor traders there can teach marines about quick decision-making. Daniel speaks with the general about his experience.

SCOTT SPEAKS WITH FORMER COSTA RICAN PRESIDENT OSCAR ARIAS ABOUT A NEW INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN HE'S HEADING -- LAUNCHED FRIDAY ON CAPITOL HILL HERE IN WASHINGTON, TO REDIRECT MILITARY SPENDING TO HUMAN DEVELOPMENT.

NPR's Nina Totenberg reports on a 5th circuit Court decision handed down today. In the decision the court said teachers did not have the right to lead their students in prayer.

a patient who had a recurrence of breast cancer a year and a half ago, and elected to have a bone marrow transplant in an attempt to beat the cancer.

Jon Kalish reports on two congregations in New York for deaf Jews. The ability to speak Hebrew is very important for Jewish worship. What makes these congregations special is the way they prevent Hebrew from becoming an obstacle between deaf worshipers and their faith.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that Sen. William Cohen, a Republican from Maine, announced this morning that he will not seek re-election this year to a fourth term. Cohen's announcement brings to 13 the number of U.S. senators who have said they will be leaving the Senate, the largest number in one year ever. Cohen, a moderate who had been critical of other moderates bailing out of politics, cited frustration with the current budget stalemate for his decision.

Noah speaks David McCumber and Tony Annigoni, authors of a

Commentator Paul Durrenberger says water is one of those forces that is just difficult to control. Old Chinese philosophers used water as a metaphor for slow movement but certain and eternal growth. Ultimately, Durrenberger says, all human existence is a minor transitory obstruction in the middle of a great hydrological circle.

NPR's Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says that the shutdown of the Federal Government, now being felt far beyond the Capitol Beltway, may turn out to be the defining issue of the 1996 Presidential race.

Noah Adams speaks with Jon Krakauer, author of Into the Wild. Mr. Krakauer pieces together the true story of a daring young man who walked into the Alaskan wilderness with nothing but a .22 caliber rifle and a ten-pound bag of rice. Krakauer orginally wrote this story for Outside magazine and has continued his pursuit of the story of Chris McCandless, who had intended to demonstrate his survival skills in the wilderness in 1992 but instead starved to death. (8:00) (published by Vi