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NPR's Eric Westervelt reports on the so-called empowerment zones that were unveiled...in this incarnation...by the Clinton Administration with big fanfare two years ago. They were touted as a way to use tax credits and social service block grants to revitalize blighted urban areas. Now, some are pointing to Philadelphia, which was one of six sites which qualified for "empowerment zone" money, as an example of how the program has succeeded. But critics say the concept may not be working.

There's a theory put forward by R. Murray Schafer in the book "The Soundscape," that people will hum at the frequency at which their national electrical power is distributed -- either 60 or 50 Hertz. We put the theory to a worldwide test.

In the second of two reports, NPR's Ann Cooper profiles another Russian family, how the members view their lives and how they intend to vote in next week's Presidential run-off election. Today's report is on a middle class family living in Moscow that supports Russian President Yeltsin.

Linda talks with Governor Roy Romer of Colorado about plans to create a "virtual university." Romer and the governors of Arizona, Idaho, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming yesterday signed a plan to develop the home-based higher education program, which will utilize computers as the primary teaching tool. Romer says the program is designed mostly for people in jobs and that the first catalogue will be put together over the next six months.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on the reaction to the life sentence given to Yigal Amir, the man who assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin last November. Most people welcomed the sentence, though they have yet to come to terms with the traumatic events surrounding the assassination.

Commentator George Berdes (BURR-diss) is a retired foreign policy analyst, living in Eagle River Wisconsin. He says it's no fun to be stereotyped as a senior citizen and tells the story about the time he walked into a restaurant and the "cute-young thing" behind the countertreated him as if he were deaf, dumb and blind.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on the fighting in Lebanon and the prospects for diplomacy in solving the confrontation between Israel and Hezbollah. Israeli Prime Minister says he will continue the shelling until Hezbollah stops its attacks, and other countries seem to be taking a wait-and-see attitude.

Robert talks with Dan Swift, president of the Riverside Sheriff's Association. Swift attended a rally held yesterday in support of two deputies who were videotaped beating two illegal immigrants from Mexico. The Mexicans were beaten April 1st after they ran through a border patrol checkpoint in a pickup truck full of illegal immigrants. Swift says what has not yet been determined is whether a reasonable amount of force was applied and the videotape only shows the moment of the arrest.

the last of the American troops is expected to leave Haiti today.

a regular season of the National Basketball Association. The Bulls set it by beating Milwaukee last night 86-80.