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NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that in the recent old days, creative initiatives came from the Federal government, but lately, with the budget impasse and gridlock on Capitol Hill, the states seem to be taking the lead once again.

Robert talks with Ken Auletta, media writer with the New Yorker, Bob Lucky who is vice president of applied research for Bellcore and author of "Silicon Dreams", and Peter Huber, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author of "Orwell's Revenge." They project what changes we can expect to see in the next 15 years as a result of the Telecommunications Bill.

Today Vladimir Zhirinovsky celebrated his 25th wedding anniversary with a lavish church ceremony in Moscow where he and his wife partook in a traditional Russian Orthodox wedding. Zhirinovsky, Russia's ultra nationalist leader, also used the occasion to kick off his presidential campaign. NPR's Anne Garrels reports.

NPR White House correspondent Mara Liasson reports that while President Clinton pleaded today for Republican leaders to return to budget talks and said an agreement is within reach, Republican leaders rejected the President's latest modifications.

NPR's Michael Goldfarb reports that the spat between Greece and Turkey over a disputed island in the Aegean Sea appears to be over. The U.S. intervened yesterday before the dispute exploded into war. President Clinton and top members of his Administration made phone calls to both Greek and Turkish leaders telling them of U.S. concern. The island is only 10-acres. The only inhabitants are goats.

Commentator Reynolds Price explains why the greatest film success of all time is "Gone with the Wind." The hypnotic pace of its storytelling and the brilliance of its technical skills contributed to making it a masterpiece. But, most of all, Vivien Leigh's performance is unmatched in its richness and vitality.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Moscow that Russian President Yeltsin has declared the end of the hostage crisis in southern Russia. Nine days ago, Chechen rebels took a hundred people hostage. Today, Yeltsin claimed all the rebel Chechens are dead and most of the hostages have been rescued.

Robert talks to National Security Adviser Anthony Lake about White House concerns about the Russian attack upon Chechen guerrillas and the possible defeat of the reformers in the upcoming Russian elections. He also addresses the question of whether the deadline for the Dayton Accords can be met in Bosnia.

Robert talks with Chris Haddenfield, an editor at Golf Digest magazine. Haddenfield has just returned from visiting the movie set of "Tin Cup," a golf comedy starring Kevin Kostner. Haddenfield also talks about "Follow the Sun," a 1950s film about golf legend Ben Hogan, which was just re-released. And why are there so many golf movies in production right now?

Dan O'Connell used to watch Magic Johnson play basketball during his college days in Michigan. For O'Connell, who is also HIV-positive, it's a thrill to see him back on the court again following his four-and-a-half season absence from NBA.

Danny talks with State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns and also Ruth Wedgwood, Senior Fellow for International Organizations and Law at the Council on Foreign Relations about the importance of using the right names in political and diplomatic discusions. Wedgewood says that the use of a certain name amounts to a form of rhetorical warfare, and misnaming can be taken as an act of hostility. Burns says that communications between countries is particularly problematic for the United States because of its position of power in the world - other countries pay a lot of attention to what the U.S. says. They give several examples of controversial names including the use of the country-name "Macedonia" - the Greek government objects to a former Yugoslav republic calling itself by that name.

Danny talks with Kim and Reggie Harris, who are black, and Greg Artzner and Terry Leonino, who are white, about their musical collaberation as a mixed-race singing group that performs songs about African-American history and other political issues. They talk about how race has...or has not...affected their relationship and their performing styles. Their cd is called "Spoken in Love," (Long Tail Records).

Linda talks to James Perry, political reporter with the Wall Street Journal about the New Hampshire primary. Perry says this should have been a golden moment in the Republican revolution might the candidates have missed the opportunity.

Robert talks with Youssef Ibrahim (YOO-seff EE-brah-heem), a correspondent in the Paris bureau of the New York Times, about the return today of two senior Iraqis to Baghdad from Amman, Jordan. Hussein Kamel Hassan (hoo-SANE KAH-mel HAH-sahn), his brother Saddam Kamel and their wives, who are daughters of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, defected to Jordan last August. Hussein Kamel ran Iraq's secret military program and called for the overthrow of the Iraqi government. President Saddam Hussein today pardoned the brothers upon their return to Iraq.

Robert talks with NPR's Tovia Smith about opening statements today in the trial of John Salvi, accused of murdering two woman at a suburban Boston abortion clinic. His defense lawyers don't dispute murder charge, but they argue Salvi is schizophrenic and should be placed in a mental institution, not prison.

Commentator Larry Magid looks at the pros/cons of tax software.

Larry Pratt, a co-chairman of Patrick Buchanan's presidential campaign, has stepped aside following allegations that he has been a featured speaker at white supremacist meetings. Pratt denies any links to racist groups, and says he hopes to put the charges to rest and then rejoin the Buchanan campaign. The allegations surfaced in a report on the associations of leaders of the various presidential campaigns, and NPR's Peter Overby has more on that study.

Robert talks to Brock Meeks, chief Washington correspondent for Wired magazine, about the case of William White, a student at the University of Maryland. White posted a message on several Internet newsgroups urging people to call a woman White claimed was abusing her daughter. Recipients of the message harrassed the woman without verifying the truth of White's statements. Meeks says that because computer communication is new, people tend to forget that the information imparted is not necessarily accurate.

NPR's Jon Greenberg has the latest on yesterday's collision involving two passenger trains in Silver Spring, MD., outside Washington,D.C. At least 11 bodies have been recovered from the wreckage. Today it was learned that among the dead are eight Jobs Corps students who were traveling home for a holiday weekend. The National Transportation Safety Board is looking for the cause of the crash. Today, NTSB spokesmen said both trains -- an AMTRAK passenger train bound from Washington to Chicago, and a smaller commuter train -- were moving at the time of the crash "not at a crawl."

We eavesdrop on a convesation between playwright Wendy