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NPR's John McChesney reports that the multimedia-software industry is facing a shakeout that could eliminate dozens of companies from the scene. Not very many CD-Rom publishers are profitable, and cost pressures are expected to force further consolidation.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that two of the world's largest pharmaceutical manufacturers have decided to merge in one of the business world's biggest transactions ever. Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz are both Swiss firms. Together they will become the world's second largest drugmaker, behind the U.S.-British firm, Glaxo Wellcom. The stock swap is valued at more than $36 billion.

Linda talks with NPR's Don Gonyea about the appearance on the witness stand by Dr. Jack Kevorkian, who is on trial near Detroit for assisting in the suicides of two people in 1993 under a now-expired statute. Kevorkian told the jury that he frequently cries at these suicides, and that he turns many people away when they seek his help in dying, urging them to find another way to deal with their suffering. (4:00)(IN STEREO) 7. ST. DAVID'S DAY -- Wales celebrates its patron saint, St. David, today. St. David, the Waterman, was called Dewi in Welsh. He is credited with winning a victory over the Saxons - who back in the fifth century - ruled what is now England. St. David told Welsh soldiers to wear leeks in their helmets so they could recognize each other on the battlefield. To mark the day, we hear the Welsh group YR Huntws (YEAR- HOON-tuss) singing a traditional Welsh hymm "The Bishop and the Peasant" or Yr Esgob A'R Gwiladwr (publisher Sain Publi

Kansas City pianist-vocalist-bandleader, JAY MCSHANN. Last night he received the Lifetime Achievement award from the Rhythm & Blues Foundation in Washington, D.C. We'll rebroadcast a 1987 interview with MCSHANN. (from 10

ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY, WON THE "TOAST TO THE TAP" TAP WATER TASTING CONTEST HELD IN BERKELEY SPRINGS, WEST VIRGINIA FOR THE THIRD YEAR OUT OF THE SIX YEARS OF THE COMPETITION. SUSAN SPEAKS WITH ARTHUR VON WIESENBERGER THE WATER MASTER OF THE COMPETITION.

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Noah travels to the tiny town of Marshall, on Tomales Bay in northern California, to learn about the Hog Island Oyster Company. John Finger and his colleagues lease ten acres of waterland in the bay and grow oysters, mostly for the restaurant trade in San Francisco, to the south, where the Hog Island brand is well-known. Hog Island plants oyster spat in mesh bags that are washed by the tides, and after two years it's harvest time. Every day the workers ride out to check their crops, only their riding in a wooden dory, instead of a pick-up truck. IN STEREO.

reports on the latest efforts in Israel to prevent any further terrorist acts by Hamas.

2:Novelist STEPHEN MCCAULY was a yoga intructor and travel agent before writing his first novel, "The Object of My Affection". His newest and third novel is "The Man of the House". (Simon & Sch

Linda speaks with Ferrel Guillory (GHILL-oh-ree), a former Southern political reporter with the Raleigh, North Carolina News and Observer, and John Jacobs, political editor of the Sacremento Bee, about the significance of the Super Tuesday primaries in the south next week. With so many primaries being moved up, these analysts say Super Tuesday and the California primary at the end of March have lost their importance.(IN

Linda Gradstein reports on the opening session of the Palestinian Council, the legislative body elected in Palestinian elections earlier this year. On the streets of Gaza, there is widespread support for Yasser Arafat, but people also said they understood the frustration that led to four suicide bombings in the past 12 days.

Poet, musician DAVE ALVIN, is best known for his songwriting and guitar playing for the Blasters and the influential punk band X, as well as his solo career. He has a new collection of his poems and writings called, "Any Rough Times Are Now Behind You,"(Incommun