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GOP congressional leaders are not satisfied with the White House apology for the staff's 1993 handling of FBI background files on people including prominent Republicans. Chief of staff Leon Panetta says the White House obtained the files by mistake, and an apology is owed to those people. But House Majority Leader Dick Armey is calling for hearings on the incident. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

- NPR's Jon Greenberg reports that President Clinton and the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Bob Dole, both spoke out today in campaign remarks. The president talked about crime, and said he wants to create a national register of sex offenders. And Dole attacked the President for what he called the adminstration's "pattern of ethical arrogance" regarding the confidential files on former Bush and Reagan administraiton officials a White House official obtained from the FBI.

In California's partially deregulated electricity system, utilities obtain much of their power from a daily spot market, where prices fluctuate greatly from day to day. Spot prices have exploded as the state's power crisis has worsened, leaving two big utilities near bankruptcy. A look at how this spot market works. Rachael Myrow of member station KPCC reports.

Commentator Dinesh D'Souza disagrees with those who argue that the internet is a racist concept. While it is true that not everyone uses the internet equally, he says this is not a problem of access but one of knowledge. He says the real digital divide is in appreciating the value of knowledge, how to obtain it and what to do with it. He recommends teaching young people how information and technology can be a source of improving oneself.

In the wake of last month's attack on a Moscow theater, and a possible al Qaeda connection to Chechen rebels, intelligence officials in the United States and Russia worry that Chechen guerrillas could obtain unguarded nuclear material in Russia. NPR's Mike Shuster reports.

The House is expected to vote Thursday on a bill that would make it tougher for illegal immigrants to obtain driver's licenses. Advocates view it as a necessary way to protect the nation from terrorism. Some Democrats see it as a backdoor attempt to overhaul immigration laws in what Republicans call a national security bill.

If passed, Proposition 200, on the ballot in Arizona, will require proof of citizenship to register to vote. In neighboring California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says he will veto a bill that would allow non-citizens to obtain drivers licenses. Commentator Antonio Gonzalez discusses these and other immigrant rights issues that affect the Hispanic community as voters head to the polls this fall.

With ivory fetching about $1,000 a pound there are armies and militias from all sides of Africa's several civil wars killing the animals and harvesting their tusks.

The employees' alleged actions were outside of their work responsibilities and do not involve Wells Fargo's customers, the company said. The bank says it's cooperating with law enforcement.

Prosecutor alleges he accessed confidential documents in attempt to derail State Police investigation