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Musical satire from Peter Robinson, who well understands the maxim that to understand the man, one must first understand the place where he's from.

about the difficulty in implementing some of the provisions of the Dayton agreement.

Noah reads from the latest batch of listeners' letters.

has changed since the Challenger disaster ten years ago Sunday. However, the space agency is worried that budget cuts and the continuing pressure to perform may undo a lot of those changes.

Alan Lipke [LIP-kee] reports on a school district seeking to end a 25-year old desegregation plan. It claims to have done the best possible, considering housing patterns. Tampa is one of the few places where schools tried a district-wide desegregation plan that included both urban and suburban schools.

Journalist and musician JAMES MCBRIDE. His new book, is "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to his White Mother" (Riverhead) about his mother who was white and Jewish, but refused to admit her race. MCBRIDE's father was black. For years, MCBRIDE knew nothing about his mother's early life. It wasn't until he started work on the book, that she opened up to tell him that her father was a failed itinerant Orthodox rabbi in rural Virginia, a racist, and he sexually abused her. MCBRIDE has written for "The Washington Post," "The Boston Globe," and "People" magazine

Reporter David Welna reports that last week 255 legislators from Mexico's ruling PRI party wrote a letter to President Ernesto Zedillo, criticizing Mexico's free market policy. The letter also urged the government to reassert control over the economy, promote lower interest rates and stablize the exchange rate. Although the legislators are now toning down their criticim somewhat, the attack on Zedillo and his policies has serious ramifications for the party.

SCOTT SPEAKS WITH JOHN F. CALLAHAN, EDITOR OF "THE COLLECTED ESSAYS OF RALPH ELLISON."

Democratic leaders in New York's state legislature say they'll move forward quickly with impeachment proceedings against Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who faces allegations of criminal sexual harassment.

There's a big Hollywood party tonight to mark the upcoming birthday of George Burns. He will be 100 years old this Saturday. We play excerpts from a 1940s Burns & Allen radio show - which foreshadows George Burns longevity in a comic way. (3:30) (

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which has patterned its very different educational approach after a highly successful method used in Reggio Amelia, Italy. The innovative method is being met with great interest by American educators.