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LIANE HANSEN EWSCASTERS: BILL REDLIN & SHAY STEVENS

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's ews, including one of the victims from the Long Island Railroad shooting and udge Donald Belfi; Marcia Clark and "Kato" Kaelin from the O.J. Simpson trial; residential hopefuls Republican California Governor Pete Wilson and Republican at Buchannan; and Congressman Sam Gibbons (D-FL) during the welfare reform ebate on the House Floor.

ok Critic MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews "Wonder Boys," by Michael Chabon (SHAY-bin). His first novel, a best seller, "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh" was originally written as his Master''s Thesis in college.

MILO MILES reviews an anthology of blue grass collections by Bill Monroe.

THIS IS THE FINAL STORY STORY BY NPR CORRESPONDENT JACKI LYDEN IN A SERIES OF STORIES ON IRAN WHICH HAVE AIRED THIS PAST MONTH ENTITLED "IRAN AT THE CROSSROADS." SHE VISITS LITERATURE PROFESSOR AZAR NAFICY (AH-zahr nah-FEE-SEE) IN TEHRAN AND BRINGS US THIS PORTRAIT OF AN UNUSUAL PROFESSOR AND UNIQUE WOMAN WHO USES ENGLISH LITERATURE TO CHALLENGE CONVENTIONAL THINKING IN IRAN.

Critic Bob Mondello muses about the cost of entertainment...now and a generation ago...and how much we all have to work to afford that ticket to the latest movie or sporting event.

2: Film director MARTIN SCORSESE, one of the most influential men of contemporary film. SCORSESE has helped restore four classic films from the 1950s which he says had a profound influence on his own films: "Force of Evil," "Johnny Guitar," "Pursued" and "A Double Life."

LETTERS: Liane reads letters from our listeners.

ITEM VETO - Jacki talks with James Thurber, the head of Congressional and Presidential Studies at American Univeristy in Washington D.C. Both houses of Congress have approved giving the President the Line-Item Veto...the ability of the President to veto specific portions of spending bills. Thurber discusses what the implications are.

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Daniel talks with Harold Wonkle - deputy assistant director of the FBI's Criminal Investigations Division about the Russian mafia. Recently the FBI opened up an office in Moscow in order to work more closely with the Russian police in combatting Russian criminals whose efforts often extend into the United States. Wonkle says the Russian mafia is very sophisticated and is involved in everything from moneylaundering to medical fraud.

AFTER HAVING BEEN FIRED FROM THE NAACP LAST YEAR, THE ORGANIZATION'S FORMER PRESIDENT, DR. BENJAMIN CHAVIS HAS FOUND A NEW CAREER. THIS MORNING HE LAUNCHES A NEW WEEKLY RADIO TALK SHOW CALLED "THE FREEDOM JOURNAL" ON SIX BLACK-ORIENTED STATIONS IN THE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON AREA. NPR'S LAURA KNOY REPORTS.