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NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Moscow on the presidential campaign in Russia, where opinion polls indicate that the leader of the Communists...Gennady Zyuganov ((Gen-NAH-dee zyoo-GAHN-off))...is trailing President Boris Yeltsin. Zyuganov, who has positioned himself as the candidate for the "forgotten voters," is wooing voters who are disenchanted with the economic reforms and other social changes that have taken place under Yeltsin's government. Zyuganov's followers say they don't believe the polling data which gives Yeltsin the lead in the race. Over the weekend, Zyuganov and his supporters staged one last big rally before the election scheduled for next Sunday.

A new study by researchers at Duke University and the U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs Medical Center found that television medical programs such as "ER" and "Chicago Hope" give viewers an overly optimistic impression of the effectiveness of certain medical procedures...particularly cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The percentage of people who survive cardiac arrest after receiving CPR is far lower than represented on television programs. Linda talks with one of the authors of the study, Dr. James Tulsky, about how the portrayal of miraculous recoveries on television may ultimately undermine trust in doctors and scientific data.

NPR's Marc Roberts reports that four people have voluntarily left the ranch where the anti-government group known as the Freemen have been engaged in a standoff with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The four, all members of the Ward family, are the first to emerge from the Freemen compound since April.

Commentator Lydia Nayo (NI-o) recalls when during her childhood, her father would barter an old mantle clock for food at the local grocery. And he always came home with cornflakes. She has come to associate cornflakes with the mental and spiritual weight of poverty, and even though she is much more prosperous now, she still can't eat them. Nayo has come to believe that as long as she keeps them out of her cupboard, she will keep the wolf from the door.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Moscow on why President Boris Yeltsin gets only grudging support from Russians. With only a few days left before the election on Sunday, June 16th, voters appear to be favoring Yeltsin over his communist rival Gennady Zyuganov (gehn-NAH-dee zyoo-GAH-noff). Yeltsin supporters back him because they think he is the lesser of two evils. They worry he has garnered too much power, that he hasn't done enough to protect Russians from the hardships caused by the fall of the Soviet Union, and that he might embarrass the nation through some personality flaw.

Auto talks between the United Auto Workers union and Ford, Chrysler and General Motors began this week as they prepare to negotiate a new U.A.W. contract. NPR's Don Gonyea reports that the talks will be difficult, particularly concerning the issue of outsourcing. The union wants auto companies to hire new workers and to increase job security.

- Storyteller Carmen Deedee brings us back to her childhood in Cuba, and recalls how she almost wasn't able to bring out her doll when her family left Cuba for the United States in the early sixties.

- NPR's Adam Hochberg reports that later this month, the oldest textile mill in the south will be closing. It's the Rocky Mount mill in North Carolina. The mill opened in 1818, and its closing mirrors the fate of other mills in the U.S.

The president spoke a day after Texas Democratic state lawmakers left their state in protest of GOP voting legislation.

Historian Julian Zelizer argues there is a long history of the U.S. requiring Americans to participate in programs aimed at the common good.