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HOST ALEX CHADWICK VISITS PANAMA, WHERE SCIENTISTS ARE DEVELOPING NEW TECHNIQUES FOR STUDYING THE FORESTS WITH LARGE-SCALE STUDY SITES, MORE THAN 100 ACRES, THAT ARE LEADING TO NEW INSIGHTS ABOUT HOW THESE COMPLEX ECOSYSTEMS WORK.

NPR's Maria Hinojosa revisits a Cuban family she last saw boarding a makeshift raft headed towards the United States. Nine months later the family has settled in Miami, but they are far from happy with their new life.

President Clinton spoke in Honolulu Hawaii today to comemorate the signing of the Japanese surrender 50 years ago which Second World War. We'll hear an excerpt from the President's speech.

NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on the Krickets, a cricket team made up of homeless men in Los Angeles. The team has been competing in a local league and has been so successful that it's been invited to play a series of exhibition games in England.

NPR's John McChesney reviews the efforts to crack down on kiddie porn on the internet. The FBI and America on Line worked together to find pedophiles using the private networks to solicit sex with minors, resulting in arrests and further ongoing investigations.

Daniel talks with Singer Songwriter Christine Lavin. Ms. Lavin's latest release is based on her experiences is a 40-something.

Daniel speaks with NPR's Andy Bowers in Zagreb, Croatia about the latest developments in Bosnia. Bosnian Serbs are alleging that a number of civilians died when UN artillery fire hit a hospital near Sarajevo. Meanwhile, NATO airstrikes against Serb positions continued.

NPR's Richard Harris reports that scientists are looking into an ancient mystery...trying to determine what caused 80 percent of all plant and animal life on earth to vanish in an episode that pre-dated the dinosaurs.

Julia Haybell reports on an American invasion of Great Britain...an invasion of frogs that is. American Bullfrog tadpoles, which were inadvertantly transported in a shipment of aquatic plants, have escaped into the wild and have grown up into big American bullfrogs which are eating the smaller British variety.

SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH SINGER FONTELLA BASS ABOUT HER NEW CD "NO WAYS TIRED" ON NONESUCH RECORDS (9-79357-2), HER FIRST RELEASE IN DECADES, AND ABOUT HER CAREER SINCE HER 1965 HIT "RESCUE ME."