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which begins today. The justices will examine some very controversial issues, including the right to doctor-assisted suicide, Presidential immunity from civil lawsuits, English-only laws and gun control.

Pan Am Flight 21 from New York to Miami took off on schedule this morning. Nothing unusual there... except the name of the airline. Pan Am is back in the air again today after going out of business in 1991, the victim of years of mismanagement and a terrorist bombing. The new investors who bought the right to use the Pan Am name are hoping they can use that name to succeed against heavy competition. NPR's Jim Zarroli has a report.

An appreciation of the songwriting talent of Ted Daffan (DAH-fan), one of honky tonk's pioneers. He played the steel guitar... and in 1934 he signed on with The Blue Ridge Playboys and started writing songs, including the first trucker number "Truck Driver's Blues." He wrote other honky tonk hits for various artists.

who were once fervent supporters of Benjamin Netanyahu and are now among his fiercest critics.

Senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that the United States' long history of involvement in Middle East diplomacy reduces President Clinton's political risk in orchestrating this week's emergency summit.

Robert talks with Elizabeth Birch, executive director of the Human Rights Campaign, about the implications of the Senate's rejection of a bill today that would have guaranteed against job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

is widespread in Russia, President Boris Yeltsin had to withdraw a decree that would have allowed the tax collection authorities to access people's bank accounts.

in the U.S. and Canada to develop a new system for home banking via the internet.

We'll hear an excerpt from a talk given today by Judge Richard Goldstone, the former Chief Prosecutor for the International War Crimes Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. He talks about the obstacles he faced in bringing war crimes to world attention, and war criminals to trial.

about the World Cup of Hockey. The top hockey playing nations in the world and their best professional players will compete. The finals begin tonight in Philadelphia, with Canada playing the U.S.