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Several of Mexico's most-acclaimed musicians are living in Texas and playing in Tex-Mex burrito joints and at rodeos. But they don't seem to mind...because they're making a LOT more money doing that than they would have if they'd stayed in Mexico. NPR's John Burnett reports.

Commentator Frederica Matthewes-Green talks about the tangible evidence that miracles do happen, and that in Christianity, these things are often not pretty; sometimes they're downright tacky, in fact.

Linda talks with Michael Isikoff, a Washington correspondent for Newsweek Magazine. They discuss the FDIC report about a real estate document drafted by Hillary Rodham Clinton which hid commissions paid by the Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan to a prominent businessman, and what this news means for the continuing Whitewater investigation.

Congress has a compromise immigration reform measure that drops one provision that Democrats opposed, but retains others that could block the bill. The amendment allowing states to deny public schooling to illegal immigrants is gone, but other sections that ease penalties on employers of illegal aliens and deny illegals access to public services are still drawing Democrats' complaints. Linda talks with NPR's Peter Kenyon about the status of the reform effort.

about last night's Vice Presidential debate.

There's a new cd by the Hilliard Ensemble, singing a compostition by Estonian-born composer Arvo Part. The music is based on a series of 24 prayers...one for each hour of the day...written by St. John Chrysostom. Music critic Tom Manoff says there is magic buried deep in the music. (3:30) (S

Republican lawmakers have given up their effort to allow states to bar the children of illegal immigrants from public schools. President Clinton had threatened to veto the overall immigration reform bill if it came to him with the ban included. The provision was supported by Bob Dole and House Speaker Newt Gingrich. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that negotiators from the House and Senate agreed to drop the amendment in order to save the rest of the immigration bill.

At a campaign rally outside Pittsburgh today, President Clinton backed two proposals designed to appeal to middle class voters. One encourages long term savings with inflation-indexed securities; the other allows for tax-deductible interest on certain education savings bonds. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

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Australian-born physician HELEN CALDICOTT. She helped found and was the first president of the Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) and the Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament (WAND). Her new autobiography, "A Desperate Passion" (W.W. Norton) is about her life, her activism, and the effect of notoriety on her personal life. In 1985 PSR's umbrella affiliate, the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, received the Nobel Peace Prize

NPR's Michael Skoler reports on Africa's Independent Church movement which is attracting millions of converts throughout the continent with a unique and authentically African form of Christianity which does not reject the spirit world of most traditional African cultures.

has good news for retailers. It says shoppers will be spending 20-percent MORE on holiday gifts this year. The retail industry relies heavily on holiday purchases...for some it totals half their annual sales.