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Linda talks with Charles Gasparino, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal . They discuss the strong stock market of the last ten years, and how investors who have never experienced a "bear market" may react when the economic indicators experience a downward turn.

A concert and interview with singer and songwriter LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III. he performs songs from his album "Grown Man." by Virgin Records. Interview conducted by Rock Critic Ken Tucker. Originally aired 1/30/96.

NPR's Ed Lifson reports on the demonstrations in Belgrade.

Susan talks to report Alice Furlaud about the tradition of the President throwing open the White House doors on New Years.

Police are advising commuters to stay home, as heavy rains follow a massive snow storm that dropped as much as 14 inches of snow in some areas of western Washington state. Art Hughes reports on how people in Seattle are coping with more snow and rain than they've seen in decades.

LIANE HANSEN EWSCASTERS: PE

For more than three decades Guatemala has been in the midst of a civil war that has cost tens of thousands of lives. Today, that bloody war is coming to an end with an official ceremony in Guatemala City. Daniel talks with NPR's David Welna about the significance of the ceremony and whether or not peace and justice will finally come to Guatemala.

Liane speaks with NPR's John Nielsen about some of his year's news about the enivronment. Topics the endangered species act and he record of the 104th Congress regarding environmental issues.

Susan looks at the difference between stage and screen acting according to actor Derek Jacobi.

" Breaking the Waves," and its director, Lars von Trier, who has withdrawn from public view since the success of the film.

The AnnualKing Mango Strut parade in Miami was an excuse this year to satirize the city's financial crisis...especially the city's municipal workers and the amount they are paid. Cheryl Devall was there, and has this report on the problems that continue to plague the financially-troubled city.

2:JOSEPH and JULIA QUINLAN. They are the parents of Karen Ann Quinlan. Joseph Quinlan died this past Saturday at teh age of 71. A lawyer for the family said the cause was bone cancer. He and his wife became early pioneers in the "right to die" debate" after they fought for the legal authority to remove a respirator that their daughter was attatched to afer doctors said she had no hope of coming out of a coma. Twenty years ago the New Jersey State Supreme Court issued it's landmark decision (March 31, 1976) allowing their comatose daughter to be removed from a ventilator. She then lived nine more years. The Quinlans wrote about Karen in the book "Karen Ann: The Quinlans Tell Their Story," (Doubleday-1977). In 1980 they used the proceeds from the book to open the Karen Ann Quinlan Center of Hope Hospice in Newton, New Jersey. This interview originally aired April 9, 1996.