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Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a hallenge for everyone at home. 7:00 Our on-air player lives in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and listens to WITF, arri

Jim Crogan

Eileen Farrell

Daniel talks to Dan Lungren, attorney general of the state of California, about a new telephone initiative his office has put into place. The MOLESTOR HOTLINE is a number citizens can call to see if someone they want to employ who will come into contact with children is listed in a data bank of convicted child molestors. The hotline has only been up and running for a month but so far, the attorney general's office reports, nearly 9 percent of the callers have found a match for their inquiry.

ALEX TALKS WITH WRITER JON MARGOLIS ABOUT HIS VISIT TO NORTH DAKOTA, A STATE THAT IS RAPIDLY DE-POPULATING AND WHICH MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE AUTHOR, THINK SHOULD PERHAPS DISAPPEAR. ALEX ALSO SPEAKS WITH THE GOVERNOR OF NORTH DAKOTA, WHO DISAGREES WITH THESE SENTIMENTS.

Reporter Claudio Sanchez takes a look at advocates of bills pending in Congress which would make English the official language of the United States. Supporters of the legislation say they are glad that the English-only issue is receiving a great deal of attention these days.

Puzzlemaster Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a hallenge for everyone at home. 9:06 This week's on-air player lives in Davis, California and listens to KXJZ, acra

SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH CARROLL JAMES, A FORMER DJ FROM WWDC IN WASHINGTON, D.C., WHO IS CREDITED WITH BEING THE FIRST AMERICAN DJ TO PLAY A SONG BY THE BEATLES. HE IS WAITING TO HEAR IF HIS SUBMISSION OF AN EARLY INTERVIEW WITH THE BEATLES WILL BE ACCEPTED BY THE ROCK N' ROLL HALL OF FAME.

This documentary by Peabody award winning producer David Isay is an oral history of Iolene Catalano, a woman who lived with drug abuse and prostitution, and who died last year of AIDS. Isay recorded more than 30 hours worth of interviews with Iolene, who wanted, before her death, to let the world know that she was something more than an addict or criminal, that she was a poet and singer. Please note the content and language advisory at the top of this DACS.

T.V. critic DAVID BIANCULLI tells us about the new TV season.

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ON THE 43RD ANNIVERSARY OF RICHARD NIXON'S "CHECKERS" SPEECH...WE HEAR EXCERPTS.