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of missile tests off the coast of Taiwan.

As the House prepares for a floor debate and vote Wednesday on a bill that would streamline procedures at federal regulatory agencies, David Baron looks at why the GOP, as well as business and industrial leaders, want health and environment regulations simplified. We examine one company's 18-year struggle with the EPA over a controversial additive for gasoline.

NPR'S Derek Reveron reports that the downing of two planes flown by Brothers to the Rescue with the death of four pilots, has strengthened the hand of hard-line Cuban exile groups in Miami. Recently, more moderate voices, advocating negotiation with Fidel Castro, have been assuming a more prominant role in Cuban-exile politics, but since the shoot-down, they are on the defensive, and the hard-liners again enjoy the upper hand.

Judge HAROLD J. ROTHWAX, author of "Guilty, The Collapse of Criminal Justice," (Random House). For twenty-five years he's been a judge on the New York State Supreme Court and has developed a reputation for tough rulings. He'll talk with Terry about his ideas for reform of the criminal justice system. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW

president of the Flight Safety Foundation, about the expensive and difficult process of locating the "black boxes" from the Boeing 757 that crashed into 4,000 feet of water off the coast of the Dominican Republic. 189 people, mostly Germnan tourists, died when the plane went down without warning last Tuesday.

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NPR's Dan Charles reports that the National Park Service wants to make sure that the it benefits financially if a biotech company ever finds something in a park from which it can make money. Many developing countries have taken similar steps to protect their interests when drug companies go looking for new medicines in the rain forest.

NPR's Sunni Khalid reports that Palestinians are concerned about how far Israel will go in its war on Hamas and whether it could mean more Israeli troops in the autonomous region. A statement from Hamas has said the attacks will stop to allow negotiations but many fear such promises from Hamas leaders may be worth little.

A Connecticut legislative committee yesterday heard testimony from one citizen who thinks the state should replace "Yankee Doodle" as the official state song. Certain references, say the citizen, are dated and sexist. We do a top-to-bottom analysis of the song to highlight its other possibly objectionable lyrics.

Linda talks to Dr. William Bright, president and founder of the Campus Crusade for Christ and this year's winner of the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion. Begun in 1972 by investor Sir John Templeton, the prize is awarded each year to a living person who has shown "extraordinary originality in advancing humankind's understanding of God and/or spirituality."

John Irving's immense 1985 novel, "The Ciderhouse Rules," has become an equally immense play. It's being presented in two parts by Seattle Repertory Theatre. Part One, premiering tonight (Wed. 3/6) in Seattle, runs almost four hours. It requires seventeen actors playing multiple roles and two directors. One of them is noted actor Tom Hulce.

Commentator David Brooks says he's heard that Liberals are thrilled with the possibility of Bob Dole being the Republican presidential candidate. But he warns them not to party too soon, for they are the real losers. He says he's sorry to say it, but the Liberal agenda has completely vanished from the political map in 1996.