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The San Francisco Zoo was closed Wednesday as police swept the zoo grounds after a tiger escaped Tuesday, killing a 17-year-old and mauling two others. The Siberian tiger was shot and killed by police officers.

A police dog in Spain was trained in CPR. Video shows the dog demonstrating by pressing its paws on the chest of an officer on the ground. The dog then puts its ear on the man to listen for a pulse.

The AP reports a man discovered a goldfinch on the ground. He wanted to take it to an animal shelter but had been drinking, so he called an Uber.

In a land where the ground is always frozen, one creature has nourished man both physically and spiritually. Anthropologist Piers Vitebsky discusses The Reindeer People, his book about the Eveny herders of Siberia.

Commentator Frederica Matthews-Green has found one area of common ground in the abortion debate: adoption. She says both sides can agree that adoption is far preferable to abortion. Women who have given children up for adoption feel bittersweet, she says. Women who have had abortions just feel bitter. Matthews-Green is the author of "Real Choices," published by Quest Star.

and the Republican Congressional leadership including Republican presidential frontrunner, Bob Dole. The President called for the meeting at the White House to seek common ground on the balanced budget, health insurance, welfare reform, and anti-terrorism legislation.

In an effort to keep out drugs and weapons, many U.S. schools now conduct random searches of students and their belongings. Twice this year, school security guards conducting these random searches happened to select sixteen-year-old Matt Smith for investigation, and he found the experience unsettling. Now, he is suing the Norfolk, Virginia school district on constitutional grounds. NPR's Adam Hochberg reports.

Linda talks with Manny Rodriguez, a firefighter and paramedic for the city of Miami. Rodriguez talks about what he saw when he responded yesterday to an accident involving a Brinks truck in one of the poorest sections of Miami. Money was scattered in trees and all over the ground, and people were scooping up as much as they could carry. Rodriguez himself found a canvas bag containing over $300,000.

Linda speaks with Thomas Patterson of Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government about the presidential debates that will begin next month. Professor Patterson explains what Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole must do in the upcoming debate to gain ground in the election. But, he says, unless President Clinton makes a mistake in the debate, it will be hard for Dole to close the gap on the strength of these debates alone.

commander of U.S. ground troops in Bosnia. General Nash says he expects to have his peacekeepers out of Bosnia by the end of the year, in keeping with the President's pledge to Congress. Also now that things are a little quieter in the war-torn region, the forces are making tactical adjustments.