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After years spent playing bars, roadhouses and more bars, Rowe has become a favorite with critics for his dense story-songs and doleful baritone.

Ten years after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident, NPR's Dan Charles reports that similar nuclear plants continue to operate throughout the former Soviet Union. More than a dozen plants with similar design flaws remain in operation, despite calls to shut them down. The biggest impediment is money to pay to replace the power the plants generate.

Daniel speaks with Andy Sirwar, Senior Writer at Fortune Magazine and Dan Hammermesh, Economics Professor at the University of Texas about what 30 million dollars can buy these days. That is the amount that former Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes spent on his campaign before dropping out this week.

Pres. Bill Clinton threatened to punch the nose of New York imes columnist William Safire, who last week called Hillary Clinton a congenital liar" over her statements regarding the Whitewater land deal. NPR enior News Analyst Dan Schorr brings a historical perspective to the matter

Liane Hansen speaks with Dan Buettner (BYOOT-ner), long distance icyclist and founder of "Maya Quest" - a bicycling expedition across Mexico and entral America. Throughout the trip, the team was connected to the internet hrough portable computers, and teachers around the country were able to use the rogram in their classrooms.

Dan Gunderson of Minnesota Public Radio reports the Red River is expected to crest in Fargo and Grand Forks, North Dakota by tomorrow. The river burst throught a stretch of dikes in Fargo last night, inundating an entire neighborhood. The Red Cross is expected to declare the disaster along the Red River a Level 5 emergency, its most serious designation.

A Congressional hearing was held today into the ValuJet Airlines crash in the Everglades in May, and the Federal Aviation Administration's oversight of airline safety. Among those testifying were FAA Chief David Hinson, Transportation Department Inspector General Mary Schiavo, and ValuJet President Lewis Jordan. NPR's Dan Charles reports.

Lt. Col. Dan Biggie, an Air Force chaplain, joins host Steve Inskeep from Cocoa Beach, Fla., where spectators had been waiting for the shuttle Columbia to land. He discusses the role of chaplains and how astronauts deal with the danger of their occupation. (This is a repeat from earlier in the show.)

- The day that Dan Robb's father went into his young son's bedroom and told him that he'd be leaving, for good, was a wrenching moment for the entire family. In this radio piece, Robb re-calls that fateful day in conversations with both of his parents. 'Dad's Moving Out' was produced by Jay Allison.

NPR's Dan Charles reports that proliferation of digital audio technology is raising some concerns among legal experts. The new technology makes it much easier to alter audio recordings. Some lawyers and audio experts worry that it could be used to falsify recordings used as evidence.