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A LEGAL BATTLE OVER THE ESTATE OF ROCK GUITARIST JIMI HENDRIX CAME TO AN END YESTERDAY (FRIDAY 7/28) WITH THE SIGNING OF A LEGAL SETTLEMENT THAT RETURNS ALL OF THE RIGHTS TO HENDRIX'S MUSIC TO HIS FATHER. ROBERT SMITH, OF MEMBER STATION KUOW, REPORTS FROM HENDRIX'S HOMETOWN, SEATTLE.

LINGUAL COPS - NPR's Vickey Que reports on Philadelphia's effort to curb Asian gang violence by using police officers who speak Asian languages.

Michael talks with Martin Walker, Washington bureau chief of the British newspaper The Guardian, about America's image in Europe. Europe wants to be led, says Walker, and America is dropping the ball.

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Host Liane Hansen speaks with Dr. Lou Friedman, Executive irector of the Planetary Society in Pasadena, California, about the future of pace exploration. They discuss the results of this month's Atlantis/Mir docking ission, and explore how the benefits of the recent joint space venture will ltimately affect upcoming missions and future goals in space. Dr. Friedman says manned mission to Mars could occur within the next 15 year

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH EMINENT VIOLINIST AND CONDUCTOR DMITRY SITKOVETSKY, WHOSE TRANSCRIPTION OF JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH'S "GOLDBERG VARIATIONS - ARIA WITH 30 VARIATIONS," INITIALLY COMPOSED FOR THE HARPSICHORD, INTO A WORK FOR A STRING ORCHESTRA CAN BE HEARD ON THE NEW CD "GOLDBERG VARIATIONS," PERFORMED BY THE NEW EUROPEAN STRINGS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA AVAILABLE ON NONESUCH RECORDS.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in the news this ast week, including music from the Nathan Hale Fife and Drum Corp in hiladelphia on Independence Day; Mark Mastrangelo, the town crier of hiladelpia, at the Fourth of July celebration; Jack Lombard of Greensville, orth Carolina commenting on the amount of barbequed ham and chicken sold on the oliday; a Kennedy Space Center spokeperson describing the landing of the tlantis space shuttle after it's docking with the Russian Mir spacecraft; resident Clinton speaking about political civility; Judge Lance Ito and Marcia lark putting the prosecution to rest at the O.J. Simpson murder trial.

NPR'S SYLVIA POGGIOLI REPORTS FROM BELGRADE THAT WITH THE GROUND SITUATION IN BOSNIA WORSENING, ATTENTION IS NOW FOCUSED ON WHAT BELGRADE MAY DO.

SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

The famous blues singer Bessie Smith had a torturous and wonderful life... one of passion mixed with tragedy complimented by tremendous talent. Danny talks with actress and singer Bernardine Mitchell who is currently performing in the musical 'Bessie's Blues' in Washington D.C. The play weaves together the lives of Smith and Mitchell - illustrating the challenges and hurdles both have faced in their lives.

NPR's Jim Zarolli reports on the U.S. media operations of Rupert Murdoch. Australian-born Murdoch runs Fox TV, and this week the Federal Communications Commission said Murdoch's News Corporation would not have to give up any of the eight t.v. stations that make up the core of Fox TV, even though that violates foreign-ownership rules. Murdoch supporters say his US operations have brought competition to the airwaves. His opponents say he's brought shlock.

SUSAN SMITH WAS SENTENCED YESTERDAY TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR THE MURDER OF HER TWO YOUNG SONS LAST OCTOBER, AND WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE IN 29 YEARS. FROM MEMBER STATION WFAE IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, SUZANNE STEVENS REPORTS.