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NPR"s John Burnett reports that New Orleans is a city extremely vulnerable to hurricane flood damage because it is surrounded by water and generally sits below sea level. The Army Corps of Engineers has erected a system of dikes to protect the city, but others fear a potential disaster if New Orleans is struck by a storm as big as Hurricane Andrew, which devastated South Florida a few years ago. (7:30) CUTAWAY 1C 0:59 1D 7. CHRYSLER RECALL -- NPR's Don Gonyea reports that the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration has gone to court to force Chrysler to recall 91,000 cars. Federal officials say that rear seat belts in the cars are unsafe, but Chrysler has resisted the recall, saying there's no problem. This is the first time an automaker has resisted federal requests for a voluntary recall.

San Francisco's new main library has been called "the library of the 21st century". At a cost of $137 million dollars, it offers patrons the use of 300 computers, some services in over 50 languages, video conferencing, over 1 million books, and 228 "talking signs" for the blind. But some library administrators charge that the library foundation's fundraising strategy of targeting special interest groups for major donations may determine the way the library will serve the public. Richard Gonzales reports.

NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that the current battle over the future of Medicare is a political one and does not address the real problems of its apparently imminent bankruptcy.

Noah talks to Steve Delsohn (del-SON), author of 'The Fire Inside: Firefighters Talk About Their Lives.' Delsohn interviewed 108 firefighters for his book. Two of those firefighters, Phillip Buffa of Washington, D.C.'s Rescue 3 and Keith Walker, Jr. of Alexandria, Virginia's Engine 55, met with Delsohn while he was visiting the Washington area. The firefighters talked about their fears of flashovers (when entire rooms ignite all at once) and of being trapped alone in a burning building. Delsohn says that about 100 firefighters are killed in the line of duty every year while another 100,000 are injured. (The Fire Inside: Firefighters Talk About Their Lives' is published by Harper-Collins.)

From member station W-B-U-R, NPR's Tovia Smith reports that as excavations continue on Boston's Harbor Tunnel project, archeologists are nearing the place where colonists dumped tea into the harbor 222 years ago. They hold out a chance that they may find the wooden tea crates still in place. The dumping site of the tea crates was in deep waters two centuries ago but today it's solid landfill.

David Culhane reports from Paris on the annual ceremony to honor the memory of the Marquis de Lafayette. Each Fourth of July, the French and American governments honor the hero of the American revolution and change the flag flying over Lafayette's tomb.

The Smithsonian's celebration of the American South includes an array of terrific bands. Robert met with Michael Doucet (doo-SAY), the leader of the Cajun band Beausoleil (BOH-soh-LAY). He also listened to the Treme (TRAY-may) brass band from New Orleans, and the Birmingham Sunlights, a five-member a cappella (AH-kuh-PELL-uh) band.

One aspect of campaigning that Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole has mastered is his ability to find some personal link to just about every place he visits. Either he was stationed there as a young military officer or he recuperated there after his war injury. NPR's Elizabeth Arnold gives examples from recent Dole campaign trips of this age-old political technique for connecting with voters.

- Daniel speaks with New York Times reporter Judith Miller, who's covered the Middle East for more than 20 years. She's written a new book, called "God Has 99 Names: Reporting from a Militant Middle East" (Simon and Shuster). Judith and Danny talk about some of the Arab leaders attending the Cairo summit: Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, and Hafez el-Assad of Syria.

Danny tells a story of fraud and greed in the art world. Late last year, David Ramus, (RAY-mus) a former art dealer, was convicted in an Atlanta (Georgia) court of fraud. The owner of a painting would ask Ramus to sell a painting on consignment. Ramus would sell the painting,but not tell the owner. Instead, Ramus would keep the money for himself. Ramus now says he never set out to cheat anybody and that he "chose clearly a wrong thing to do." The plot thickens: Last year, the publisher HarperCollins paid Ramus a one-million dollar advance for his first novel, THIEF OF LIGHT, a story about fraud set in the high-stakes 1980's art world. Ramus says he will use part of the proceeds from the book to pay back his former art clients. In this piece, we'll hear from Ramus; Atlanta journalist Vincent Coppola; Larry Ashmead, Executive Editor and Vice President, HarperCollins Publishers; and Constance Lowenthal of the International Foundation for Art Research.

-NPR'S Andy Bowers reports from Sarajevo on the seizure by NATO forces of what they call a Muslim terrorist training camp just outside the city. Eleven people, including three thought to be Iranians, were arrested at the camp, along with a large arms cache, including rifles, machine guns and booby traps. U.S. Admiral Leighton Smith, the commander of NATO forces in Bosnia, says elements of the mainly Muslim Bosnian government may have been involved in training some of the men to carry out terrorist acts.

A story for Valentine's Day from "The Sadness of Sex," called "Poison" told by Barry Yourgrau. (5:00) [An excerpt from the soundtrack to his upcoming film, "The Sadness of Sex."] FUNDER 0:29 CUTAWAY 0:59 =========================SECOND HOUR======================= BILLBOARD :59 NEWS 2:59 NEWS 1:59 THEME MUSIC 0:29 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2A 10. TALKING TO TROOPS -- NPR's Andy Bowers reports from the American sector of the NATO implementation force zone in northern Bosnia. In spite of a more agressive position taken by NATO on behalf of the International War Crimes Tribunal, American soldiers don't expect to be apprehending indicted war criminals any time soon.

NPR's Martha Raddatz spoke with senior U.S. officials who are angered by the discovery of a terrorist camp near Sarajevo but not surprised that the Bosnian government has been lying about the whereabouts of some of these mujahadeen fighters, who were to have left last month. Officials, warning the discovery threatens an already shaky peace process, are demanding full Bosnian government compliance with the terms of the Dayton peace accords.

It's been a week since the IRA bombing in London that spelled an end to a year and a half cease-fire in the Northern Ireland conflict. NPR's Michael Goldfarb reports that little progress has been made toward getting the peace process back on track.

Reporter Nick van der Puy [PIE, like apple] visits the workshop of Ferdy Goode [FUR-dee GUDE] in the northwoods of Wisconsin. Goode makes old-fashioned snowshoes, by hand -- out of ash and woven rawhide.

Danny talks to Ken Rudin, editor of The Hotline political report, about memorable moments in past New Hampshire primaries: including Ed Muskie's "crying" episode; Ronald Reagan's "I paid for that microphone!" moment; and Eugene McCarthy's "victory" over LBJ, even though McCarthy came in second.

One of America's grestest and most prolific composers died last night. Reporter Dean Olsher interviewed him just a few months ago and offers an appreciation.

Daniel talks with two lawyers about a lawsuit against the publisher of a book that contains descriptions of how to commit murder. This lawsuit stems from a 1993 triple murder in Maryland. The man convicted of those killings was hired to do the job and is said to have followed the book's directions in committing murder. The book, "The Hit Man", is essentially a highly detailed manual about how to commit a murder and get away with it. One of the lawyers, John Marshall, filed the suit against the publisher on the behalf of the victims' family. He says the book publisher should be held liable in the deaths of 3 people as well as the convicted hit man. The other lawyer, Jane Curtley of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, says holding the publisher of the book liable for aiding and abetting murder is a dangerous encroachment on free speech.

NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that the Republican candidates would do well to take some lessons from the results of the Iowa caucuses.

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