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NPR's Linda Gradstein reports that already the bulldozers are out and Israelis are looking to expand into the suburbs of Jerusalem. The expansion is in line with the vision of Prime Minister elect-Benjamin Netanyahu, who has said Jerusalem will not be divided with the Palestinians.

suggesting the universe will expand indefinitely, and as the stars burn out, it will end in a whimper rather than a bang.

Robert and Noah read listeners' comments. The address for All Things Considered letters is 635 Massachusetts Aveneue, NW, Washington, DC 20001....via e-mail, we can be reached at ATC at NPR dot ORG. (3:00) (STEREO) CUTAWAY 2C 0:59 2D 18. HISTORY OF FENCES -- Noah Adams walks through the exhibition Between Fences now open at the National Building Museum in Washington with the exhibit's curator Gregory Dreicer (DRY-sir). The exhibit examines the role of fences in American landscape and culture. It includes stone fences, wrought iron, barbed wire, chain link and the materials used to designate international boundaries.

NPR"s John Burnett reports that New Orleans is a city extremely vulnerable to hurricane flood damage because it is surrounded by water and generally sits below sea level. The Army Corps of Engineers has erected a system of dikes to protect the city, but others fear a potential disaster if New Orleans is struck by a storm as big as Hurricane Andrew, which devastated South Florida a few years ago. (7:30) CUTAWAY 1C 0:59 1D 7. CHRYSLER RECALL -- NPR's Don Gonyea reports that the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration has gone to court to force Chrysler to recall 91,000 cars. Federal officials say that rear seat belts in the cars are unsafe, but Chrysler has resisted the recall, saying there's no problem. This is the first time an automaker has resisted federal requests for a voluntary recall.

San Francisco's new main library has been called "the library of the 21st century". At a cost of $137 million dollars, it offers patrons the use of 300 computers, some services in over 50 languages, video conferencing, over 1 million books, and 228 "talking signs" for the blind. But some library administrators charge that the library foundation's fundraising strategy of targeting special interest groups for major donations may determine the way the library will serve the public. Richard Gonzales reports.

- President Clinton speaking at one of today's memorial services for the 19 Americans who died in a truck bombing of an American facility in Saudi Arabia this past week.

NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that the current battle over the future of Medicare is a political one and does not address the real problems of its apparently imminent bankruptcy.

Noah talks to Steve Delsohn (del-SON), author of 'The Fire Inside: Firefighters Talk About Their Lives.' Delsohn interviewed 108 firefighters for his book. Two of those firefighters, Phillip Buffa of Washington, D.C.'s Rescue 3 and Keith Walker, Jr. of Alexandria, Virginia's Engine 55, met with Delsohn while he was visiting the Washington area. The firefighters talked about their fears of flashovers (when entire rooms ignite all at once) and of being trapped alone in a burning building. Delsohn says that about 100 firefighters are killed in the line of duty every year while another 100,000 are injured. (The Fire Inside: Firefighters Talk About Their Lives' is published by Harper-Collins.)

Excerpts from Robert Dole's campaign speech in Toledo, Ohio, twenty-four hours after he resigned his post in the Senate.

Yesterday's Virginia primary made for a Warner vs. Warner race for the U.S. Senate. Contests between candidates with the same last name are unusual...but not unheard-of. Robert takes a look at some other cases of same-name candidates running against one another.