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SUSAN INTERVIEWS SINGER/PIANIST MICHAEL FEINSTEIN (FINE-stine) ABOUT HIS BOOK "NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT" WHILE HE SITS AT THE NPR PIANO. ("NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT: MY LIFE IN RHYTHM AND RHYME" BY MICHAEL FEINSTEIN --- HYPERION PUBLIS

SUSAN STAMBERG AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

Tamara Keith of Handford High School in California's Central alley expounds on the intricacies and subtleness of "teenspeak".

NOVEMBER 5,

From the Library of Congress, Recording Sound Specialist, SAMUEL BRYLAWSKI and Acquisition Specialist COOPER GRAHAM. The two have just compiled a collection of presidential speeches dating back 85 years. The collection is Historic Presidential Speeches (1908-1993) (on Rhino/World Beat label) and begins with William Howard Taft's recorded during the presidential campaign of

2: Actor DAVID PAYMER received an Oscar nomination for his role in "Mr. Saturday Night." He's starred in the movie "Quiz Show." as Dan Enright, the villain producer who rigs the show "Twenty-One." . He's currently in the new film "Get Shorty." (REBROADCAST from 10

NPR'S ELIZABETH ARNOLD REPORTS THAT THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE REPUBICANS HAVE REACHED AGREEMENT ON THE TAX CUT PACKAGE.

MITCH TEICH (TYKE) REPORTS ON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN A SMALL MINNESOTA TOWN WHO DISCOVERED A POND FULL OF MUTANT FROGS. NOW, THEY'RE HELPING SCIENTISTS LEARN WHY IT HAPPENED.

SUSAN TALKS WITH AUTHOR DAVID KAHN ABOUT RECENTLY UNEARTHED DOCUMENTS THAT SHOW THE KGB TRIED TO RECRUIT ELENOR ROOSEVELT AS A SPY.

SUSAN SPEAKS WITH DONALD SAARI, A MATHEMATICIAN AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY IN EVANSTON, ILLINOIS. PROFESSOR SAARI SAYS THAT, FROM A MATHEMATICAL POINT OF VIEW, ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE IS SIMPLY NOT FAIR -- AND LOTS OF OTHER DEMOCRACIES KNOW IT.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with Professor Glenn Loury (Loury, as in cow"-ry) of Boston University about the "Million Man March". Loury says the ims of the march are admirable, but misdirected.

BEARS: Mark Roberts reports Colorado's local honey producers are omplaining about black bears raiding their bee hives.