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New Hampshire voters would choose Clinton over Dole or Forbes.

SCOTT PONDERS THE THEOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WEEK'S NEW ASTRONOMICAL DISCOVERIES -- CAN SUCH AN IMMENSE UNIVERSE BE THE PRODUCT OF CHANCE? -- WITH OWEN GINGERICH, PROFESSOR OF ASTRONOMY AND THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AT THE HARVARD-SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS IN CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

WITH THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY JUST WEEKS AWAY, THE DEMOCRATS HAVE BEGUN CAMPAIGNING. PRESIDENT CLINTON IS RUNNING MORE OR LESS UNOPPOSED IN HIS PARTY'S PRIMARY, BUT HIS SUPPORTERS NONETHLESS ARE COURTING DISENCHANTED REPUBLICANS. NPR'S TOVIA SMITH REPORTS THEY'RE GETTING AN AUDIENCE.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports from Sarajevo that the commander of NATO forces in Bosnia reported today that the former-warring parties had separated their forces by a Friday deadline, as required by the Dayton peace accord. However, that same deadline called for a full exchange of prisoners of war, which has not taken place.

NPR's Debbie Elliott reports that Louisiana's new governor, Mike Foster, is moving to abolish affirmative action programs in state government. The state's black leaders say that's sending the wrong message to Louisiana's African-American citizens, who make up 30 percent of the state's population.

NPR's John McChesney reports that Visa and Mastercard have agreed on a single technical standard that they say will allow for secure purchases over the Internet. The two credit card giants had been pursuing different systems with conflicting security specifications. Today's announcement means banks and consumers will not have to worry about choosing one system over the other.

NPR'S ERIC WEINER REPORTS ON THE CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE ETHIOPIAN AND ISRAELI JEWS IN ISRAEL. AFTER BEING AIRLIFTED OUT OF ETHIOPIA IN 1984 AND 1991, THE ETHIOPIANS NOW FEEL THAT THEY ARE BEING TREATED LIKE SECOND CLASS CITIZENS IN ISRAEL.

Robert Siegel speaks with Washington Post China correspondent Steven Mufson. They discuss a Human Right's Watch report just released which charges horrendous conditions and systematic neglect resulting in death in Chinese orphanages. The group documents conditions from a few years ago. china replies that such conditions never existed and certainly don't exist now.

NPR's Neal Conan talks to Mike Doddson, Alexandria, Virginia as he plows a suburban side road. We find out plowing is hard when everything's closed, because cars are parked on the street and and you have to be careful not to bury them. And it's hard to find a place to put all the snow, which the city is dumping into Potomac River. Doddson says its kind of fun to operate big machinery, and the money's not bad.

NPR's Dan Charles reports that the first genetically engineered crop to make it to the supermarket has produced disappointing sales. The Calgene tomato, which is genetically engineered to stay fresher longer on supermarket shelves, has been losing money.