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Ani DiFranco [AH-nee dih-FRANK-oh] is a 25-year-old musician who has released seven albums on her own label. With her company based out of her family home in Buffalo and her apartment in New York City, she has built a solid following, selling more than 200,000 units. And Benjamin Shapiro reports that she's done it with songs that are sometimes very frank, addressing sensitive issues like politics, abortion, the intimate details of personal relationships.

2: A STEREO concert with country musician DOC WATSON. His versatility in many genres is well known, but much of his national exposure came from his performances at bluegrass festivals His guitar artistry has had a strong impact on bluegrass guitarists. He also plays banjo and French harp.(REBROADCAST from 1

NPR's Vicki Que reports on a new test to determine whether people have a gene that's linked to Alzheimer's disease. She says there's an ethical debate among physicians over whether it makes sense for people to know in advance that they're likely to get a disease for which there's no cure.

Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page and Business Week ashington news editor Owen Ullmann discuss with host Liane Hansen a number of ssues in the news including the budget imbroglio in Congress, President linton's upcoming State of the Union address, the death of Rep. Barbara Jordan D-Texas), and baseball.

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In Chicago, a few weeks ago, two Polish immigrants died in a fire in a single-family house where, city officials say, more than 20 immigrants lived. NPR's Cheryl Corley reports that local officials are taking steps to eliminate illegal boarding homes.

Commentator Jack Beatty looks at Oliver Stone's impressions of Richard Nixon's upbringing as reflected in the movie "Nixon".

Linguist GEOFF NUNBERG considers the power of words. REV. 2: Commentator MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews British writer Pat Barker''s The Ghost Road. (Dutton). It won Britain''s Booker Prize. The book is the third part of a trilogy of novels about World War I. (Her others are Regeneration and The Eye in the

Linda Wertheimer speaks with Harrisburg resident Thelma Ziegler. Ziegler's house was flooded, and she was evacuated Saturday morning. She also survived the floods of 1936 and 1972, and prepared for the blizzard of 1996 by selling off much of her furniture in the last few weeks.

was sentenced yesterday to life in prison without parole -- for leading a group of terrorist conspirators who were convicted of plotting to bomb various New York landmarks including the United Nations.

We pay homage to Frank Dorsa, inventor of the frozen waffle, who died earlier this week.