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that would have banned a rare type of late-term abortion and the possible political cost of that veto.

Weekend Edition's entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell talks about the ABC drama series "Murder One." The show's season finale aired this week. The network hasn't decided whether the critically acclaimed series will be renewed.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports on the dispute over US troops in Okinawa. On the eve of President Clinton's trip to Asia next week, the two governments have agreed to change the base agreement, which is at the heart of the US-Japan security alliance.

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on the six year old boy in California who has been charged with attempted murder in the near beating death of a one month old baby. Authorities aren't yet releasing the boy's name but they say he's the youngest person ever to be charged with a felony.

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A profile of Tracy Nelson, the great blues and gospel singer - and the former leader of the San Francisco sixties band - Mother Earth. Her most famous song she authored "Down So Low." Nelson has a new album out called I FEEL SO GOOD - and while Nelson says she doesn't give a hoot about success - her new album has been doing well. Susan Armistead visited Nelson at her home in the woods outside Nashville and filed this profile. (8:30) [The album is I FEEL SO GOOD / ROUNDER RECORDS] (IN S

proposal today for reforming private pension plans. It's intended to encourage more small employers to offer retirement plans to their workers and to make it easier for workers to take their pension plans with them when they change jobs.

physician-assisted suicides Constitutional. The rulings will likely come before the U.S. Supreme Court, but until then, assisted suicides will be legal in 12 states, including California and New York.

week and law enforcement, anti-drug and education groups are mounting a campaign to protest an amendment that would let states deny public education to the children of illegal immigrants.

Noah and Linda read letters from our listeners. The address for letters is All Things Considered, 635 Massachussetts Ave., NW; Washington D.C. 20001. Or by E-mail at ATC@npr.org

Writer LAWRENCE SHAINBERG. His new book, "Ambivalent Zen: A Memoir," (Pantheon) is about his years practicing Zen buddism, and centers on SHAINBERG's relationship with his Zen teacher, Kyudo Nakagawa Roshi. "Both master and student live on in this hilarious, provocative account of what being a student of Zen has been." writes Gretel Ehrlich in her review