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and Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott spoke to the Republican Governors' Conference yesterday. Speaker Gingrich said their approach will be incremental, seeking tax cuts, Medicaid reform, and a balanced amendment to the Constitution.

In recent years, there has been a sharp decline in the number of Catholics who are choosing religious vocations. Some predictions are dire...suggesting that many religious orders may soon disappear. Among Catholic nuns, there are more women over the age of 90 than under 30.The Church is also having to face the economic and social problems involved in caring for this elderly population. Producer Mary Beth Kirchner reports on the future of nuns in America.

will resign as Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. During his six-year tenure, the FDA has aggressively gone after the makers of drugs and medical devices considered to be hazardous to the public health.

would have on the major hubs it serves and on the business and vacation travelers who use those hubs. Not only would American Airlines, its employees. and the cities in which they live lose money. But cruise ship lines, hotels, and resorts in other places would sustain losses as well.

minister charge over taxes and customs. Yeltsin hopes this order will be the key to cracking down on economic crime. The Russian president also ruled out changes to the constitution suggested by his foes, that would reduce Yeltsin's power.

in a criminal case and essentially guilty in a civil case, a la OJ. But no matter what you call it, lawyers are concerned about the increasing frequency of such seemingly disparate decisions.

NPR's Edward Lifson reports from Belgrade that the government of President Slobodan Milosevic has admitted that the Opposition Party won some of those municipal elections held last November. In a letter to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Serbian foreign minister did not concede his position on the most important elections that were annulled. The Opposition and Western diplomats say it's another Milosevic stalling tactic.

- After days of optimistic predictions that a deal over Hebron was at hand, the chances of an agreement for an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank town once again are slipping away under a tide of mutual fingerpointing. Reporter Laurie Neff reports the sticking point now is Israel's refusal to commit itself to a timetable for further wihdrawals from the occupied territory.

against mad cow disease in the U.S. They want to stop certain leftover animal parts from being used in livestock feed sold to U.S. farmers.

Hans Jaap Melissen of Radio Netherlands reports on a race today which took place on the frozen canals and lakes of Holland. More than 16 thousand skaters participated in this 125 mile race which is only run when that country's network of canals freezes over.