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NPR's David Molpus visits a group of flex-time lawyers in Philadelphia, as he continues to explore how Americans are changing the way they work. The lawyers discuss how their part-time work schedules affect their career advancement and their family lives. Many American workers are discovering the benefits of flexible work schedules, but there are drawbacks. This report is the latest in the NPR series, "The Changing Face of America."

If you liked the movie, now go see the opera. From member Station KQED in San Francisco, Cy Musiker reports on the new opera inspired by the book Dead Man Walking about a nun working with death row prisoners.

NPR's Anne Garrels in Belgrade reports on efforts by the new Yugoslav President, Vojislav Kostunica, to consolidate his hold on power.

Dan Keating of the Washington Post talks to Linda about his article, which reports that problems with tires on Ford Explorer may go beyond tires made by Firestone. Keating says Explorers have a high rate of tire related accidents with Goodyear tires as well.

Jury deliberations resumed today in federal court in Louisiana in an insurance fraud trial involving former Governor Edwin Edwards. Edwards, the State Insurance Commission, Jim Brown, and a lawyer are accused of corruption and witness tampering. The three are alleged to have created a favorable settlement in 1996 for the owner of a failed insurance company. Earlier this year, Edwards was convicted in an unrelated racketeering case involving the licensing of riverboat casinos. NPR's Debbie Elliott reports.

Linda Wertheimer talks with NPR's Diplomatic Correspondent Ted Clark about Clinton Administration moves that could lead to a new Middle East summit aimed at halting the increasingly bloody confrontation between Israelis and Palestinians.

NASA unveils results from an unmanned space probe that reveal the universe's age, composition and fate. Scientists say the results mark a turning point in cosmology. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

Noah talks to an out of work Serbian lawyer Biljana Obradovic. She lives in the town of Kraljevo. She says she and her husband have been anti-Milosevic for the past ten years. She has never found work and hopes the change in government will allow her to do so.

NPR's Julie Rovner reports on efforts on Capitol Hill to develop a "patients' bill of rights," which seems unlikely to be approved this year. Negotiators also are working on a "drug reimportation" bill, which would make it easier to import US made drugs after they've been exported, and sell them at lower prices than drugs intended for the US market. The drug bill's chances of becoming law are unclear. It is attached to a popular agriculture measure, and has a better chance of survival than if it stood alone.

NPR's David Welna talks to Serbs in Chicago about the political change in Yugoslavia and what they think should happen to former President Slobodan Milosevic. They also worry about their own image in the U.S.