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That's right...Mr. "Naked Lunch," Beat Generation survivor...is a painter and collagist. He's been doing this quietly for nearly half a century. Using cutup newspapers and magazines, paint and photography, his goal is to create a new, visual language with his art in the same way he tried to create a kind of random storytelling in the pages of his books. Burroughs also works in a medium that brought him a certain notoriety in the 1950's - guns - specifically, shotgun-blasted boards (they're painted too). The first-ever retrospective of Burroughs' visual art is now at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. NPR's Ina Jaffe reports.

Scott reads letters from listeners.

The Army has announced that three more noncommissioned officers are charged with sexual misconduct. NPR's Martha Raddatz tells Noah that the latest cases come out of Fort Leonard Wood, a major training facility in Missouri. The charges include consensual sex with trainees, and indecent assault. The Army says the cases did not come to light through the complaint hotline set up to find possible victims at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. At that facility, five trainers face charges ranging from rape to improperly sending love notes to trainees.

At today's luncheon at the National Press Club, Better Living advocate Martha Stewart confirmed that she enjoys vacuuming, and says she's looking for a modern sculpture she has heard about that is a marble rendering of an Electrolux vacuum cleaner. We hear the question and response and try to locate the piece she is referring to.

Commentator Mickey Edwards talks about the fine distinction between "good" pork...a needed project that brings jobs and services to a particular district...and "bad" pork...projects whose chief benefit seems politically motivated.

Bob Dole has placed on the issue of illegal immigration, while campaigning in California. Advocates for immigrants say it's possible Dole's strategy could backfire motivating naturalized citizens to vote Democratic.

Employees who retired thinking that they were covered by lifetime health care benefits are saying that companies, like Pabst Brewery, are not living up to their promises. The companies say they never offered guaranteed lifetime benefits. With companies cutting back to save money, Labor Secretary Robert Reich says the government is reviewing the benefit packages to determine if the contracts should be enforced or if employees were fully informed about what they were offered. Joanne Silberner reports.

Commentator Donald McCaig notes the value of clean water - more of a rarity than one might imagine.

Seven men were indicted yesterday for stealing thirteen million dollars worth of military equipment from an army base in western Wisconsin. Steve Busalacchi from Wisconsin Public Radio in Madison reports that the thieves sold the equipment to museums and collectors.

The White House and Congress settled on a bill authorizing numerous new parks yesterday. NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on the winners--San Francisco's Presidio Park, for example--and some of the losers, including Alaska's Tongass National Forest.