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The program's been criticized for getting bogged down in legal battles and leaving toxic waste sites unclean. We'll find out how superfund is faring and who should pay for it. Trish talks with Paul Barresi, assistant professor of Political Science at Southern New Hampshire University www.snhu.edu, Larry Brill, EPA New England's superfund expert www.epa.gov/superfund and Josh Irwin, director of the New Hampshire Public Interest Research Group www.nhpirg.org

A DOCTOR?S OFFICE CAN BE A SCARY PLACE FOR CHILDREN.
A STRANGER IN A WHITE COAT POKES AND PRODS?.KIDS DON?T USUALLY UNDERSTAND WHY.
AND THEN THERE?S THE DREADED SHOT.
ONE LOCAL EVENT HELD LAST WEEK TRIED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT KIDS FEARS OF DOCTORS.
AS NHPR CORRESPONDENT MONICA GUZMAN REPORTS, THE PORTSMOUTH CHILDREN?S MUSEUM?S ANNUAL TEDDY BEAR CLINIC LETS CHILDREN EXPERIENCE THE MEDICAL PROCESS??. NOT AS PATIENTS, BUT AS PARENTS.

U-S SENATOR BOB SMITH AND HIS CHALLENGER, CONGRESSMAN JOHN SUNUNU, HAVE BEEN HIGHLIGHTING THEIR DIFFERENCES IN RECENT DEBATES. SOME AREAS OF CONFLICT HAVE BEEN IMMIGRATION POLICY AND TRADE WITH CHINA. WHILE VOTERS MAY STILL BE SORTING OUT THEIR ALLEGIANCES, A NUMBER OF THE INTEREST GROUPS WHO TRACK POLITICIANS ON CAPITOL HILL HAVE ALREADY DECIDED WHICH CANDIDATE THEY FAVOR. NHPR?S TRISH ANDERTON REPORTS.