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(A) Writer WALTER MOSLEY. This interview took place after the publication of his book, Devil With A Blue Dress, a hard boiled detective story about a black gumshoe, Easy Rawlins, up against white prejudice. It's just been made into a film starring Denzel Washington. (REBROADCAST from 6

NPR's Lynn Neary reports that alien life forms are invading the nation's harbors and coastal waterways as a result of ballast water discharges from visiting ships.

Daniel visits Los Angeles County's General Hospital. A billion dollar budget shortfall will force the county later this month to layoff thousands of health care providers. The hospital is the largest public hospital in the nation and hundreds of thousands of people without health insurance will end up with no place to go.

A "sound portrait" of a "barn-storming" air show in rural Virginia. e hear from the pilots and planes that make up this uniquely American elebration of flight.

Daniel talks to Natalie Angier, author of "The Beauty of the Beastly." She says that the phrase "busy as a bee" is a misstatement, because most of the time, bees are resting.

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NPR's Ann Garrels reports from Moscow that four years after the failed coup against Mikhail Gorbachev, Russians are disillusioned, and it turns out that rebuilding a cathedral is easier than building democracy.

Kim Kokich reports

Jacki talks to Marshall Chapman about her new CD "It's About Time..." (Margaritaville Records) which was recorded live at the Tennessee State Prison for Women. Chapman says that she was nervous about performing at the prison, but the inmates responded enthusiastically to the concert.

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The United Nations and NATO have given the Bosnian Serbs a Monday deadline for pulling their heavy weapons back from Sarajevo or face renewed military attacks. NPR's John Nielsen reports.