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President Clinton's spokesman said today the president would sign a bill that discourages same-sex marriages. The legislation would give each state the right to NOT recognize same-sex marriages performed in another state. Gay and lesbian advocates say that would deprive them of their rights as American citizens. NPR's Chitra Ragavan looks at the status of the pending bill.

NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports that since April 27th, the Olympic Torch has been making its way across the country and is scheduled to arrive in Atlanta for the start of the Games in July. By the time the torch completes its journey, it will have traveled more than fifteen thousand miles through forty-two states, and be carried by more than ten thousand people. Wherever it passes, small town or big city, the Torch seems to capture the spirit of the Olympics for those who watch and those who participate.

This first day of May is Labor day for most of the world. From Paris, David Culhane reports that while people are celebrating today with demonstrations, parades and speechs...they are anxious about the future. Unemployment is high, job insecurity is rising and the government is planning to cut social security and other welfare benefits.

Senior Fellow for the Middle East at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York on the importance of PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat's visit to the United States...

Noah and Robert read letters send in from listeners. Listeners can send letters to LETTERS-ATC: 635 Massachussetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001. Or by E-mail to ATC@NPR.org.

President Clinton has been testifying on videotape before the Whitewater jury in Little Rock, Arkansas. He is a defense witness, called by his former real estate business partners James and Susan McDougal. The McDougals and Arkansas governor Jim Guy Tucker face fraud charges in connection with federally-backed loans. The president has not been charged. NPR's Jon Greenberg reports on Mr Clinton's testimony.

The search for clues in the crash of ValuJet Flight 592 continued in the Florida Everglades today. On Sunday, investigators began using ground-mapping radar to help locate objects in the murky swamp where the plane crashed. Noah speaks with Tom Fenner, geologist and sales director with Geophysical Survey Systems, the company that sent the radar, about the difficulties search crews are experiencing at the crash site.

among those raising money for this year's election campaigns. Fund-raisers are collecting record amounts for Congressional candidates.

that has changed the way scientists study the sun. A spacecraft called SOHO was launched last December. In its orbit around the sun... instead of the Earth... SOHO is providing accurate and startling new data.

Commentator Mickey Edwards says politicians in Washington will do anything for a vote. And both Democrats and Republicans in Washington are guilty of it. Republicans used to say no way to healthcare and minimum wage, now with the November elections in mind, they seem to have changed their minds. The White House is just as guilty of these campaign politics.