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Amtrak says the Coast Starlight train was carrying 198 passengers and 13 crew when it rammed into a public works truck on a raised gravel crossing. The truck's driver was taken to a trauma center.

Hamilton County is seeing more people sleeping in public places recently, and the president of Strategies to End Homelessness says there could be even…

Teenagers accused and convicted of serious crimes face harsh sentences when tried as adults.During a symposium this week, legal experts will pose the…

Polls open in Zimbabwe on Friday for the disputed one-man presidential runoff. Opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai pulled out of the race citing concerns for his supporters' lives. That leaves President Robert Mugabe as the only candidate on the ballot. International leaders have condemned the election.

SCOTT SIMON SHARES SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT THE TRAGIC DEATH OF DELETHA WORD, WHO WAS BEATEN IN PUBLIC AND PLUNGED TO HER DEATH OFF THE BELLE ISLAND BRIDGE IN DETROIT LAST WEEKEND.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with poet Christopher Merrill about his new ook, "The Old Bridge: The Third Balkan War and the Age of the Refugee." Milkweed Editions, 1995) Merrill gives a poet's perspective on the conflict and ts by-product: thousands of refugees.

Daniel talks with NPR's Martha Raddatz who is in Bosnia covering the NATO troop deployment. An American soldier was wounded today after stepping on a land mine...not too far from where soldiers are constructing a pontoon bridge into Bosnia.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports on rising tensions between Jews and Arabs in the West Bank town of Hebron. U.S. envoy Dennis Ross is expected to arrive in the region today to present new proposals for bridging the gaps.

NPR'S TOVIA SMITH REPORTS ON THE ABORTION ISSUE WHICH CAME TO A HEAD THIS YEAR FOLLOWING INCIDENTS OF SHOOTINGS AT ABORTION CLINICS, AND HOW TWO SIDES ARE TRYING TO BRIDGE THEIR DIFFERENCES IN THE WAKE OF THE VIOLENCE.

Actor J.P. Manoux has gotten what could be his big break on network television. He'll appear on an upcoming episode of Nash Bridges, or at least a part of him will.