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HOWELL RAINES is editorial page editor of "The New York Times." He's written a new "fishing" memoir, one that's part sporting autobiography and part guide-book for the middle years of life. "Fly Fishing Through the Midlife Crisis," (William Morrow & Company). RAINES also won the Pulitzer Prize for "Grady's Gift," a New York Times Magazine article about his friendship with a black woman in segregated Birmingham. (Rebroadcast from 9

2: From the new movie documentary "Hoop Dreams" (Fine Line Features), young basketball player ARTHUR AGEE and film director STEVE JAMES The film traces the lives of AGEE and his friend William Gates for five years as they try to follow their dreams of rising from inner city Chicago to play in the NBA. James is the director, producer and co-editor of the film.

LIONEL DAHMER is the father of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who committed some of the most ghastly crimes imaginable. LIONEL has written a new memoir about his life with his son, "A Father's Story." (William Morrow), in which he tries to understand what happened to his son, and how he could turn into such a monster.

2: Author JERVEY TERVALON. He has written a first novel, titled "Understand This" (William Morrow and Company, Inc.). TERVALON set "Understand This" in today's South Central Los Angeles where he grew up and returned after college to teach in a public high school. He believes life is much more difficult in South Central L.A.--and everywhere in America--now. TERVALON's characters are faced with often overwhelming, life and death decisions. Their lives are complex--often intruded upon by guns and drugs, but also involved with the everyday struggle to raise families and live good lives. TERVALON is currently a Hollywood Pictures Screen Writing Fellow at Disney Studios and teaches fiction writing at U.C. Santa Barbara.

2: Clinical neurology professor and doctor OLIVER SACKS. He is the author of six books about his patients, people with autism, Parkinson's Disease, Tourette's Syndrome, and other neurological disorders. SACKS was portrayed by Robin Williams in the 1991 film version of his book "Awakenings." His other books include "A Leg to Stand On," and "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat." His newest is "An Anthropologist On Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales," which tells the stories of the disorders of seven of his subjects. (Alfred P.

2: A concert and interview with SHIRLEY HORN. Playing with her will be drummer Steve Williams and bassist Charles Ables. HORN recorded with Miles Davis and Quincy Jones in the 1960s and sang on the movie soundtrack of "For Love of Ivy." After a hiatus in which she stayed home and raised her daughter, she returned to performing and recording in 1988. Her 1991 album, "You Won't Forget Me," brought together Toots Thielemans, Buck Hill, Wynton and Branford Marsalis, and Miles Davis. The album was nominated for a Grammy. Her latest album and video is "Here's to Life: Shirley Horn with Strings," of Johnny Mandel compositions (on Verve). (REBROADCAST. Originally aired 6/29/92).

LISE FUNDERBURG is a journalist who has written for "Mirabella" and "New York Newsday." She is bi-racial, and recently wrote a book called "Black, White, Other," (William Morrow and Company, Inc.) exploring the identities of Americans from racially mixed families. Do they consider themselves white, black, neither, or both? On the show with Funderburg are two other people whose interviews are featured in the book

MICHAEL KINSLEY, former editor of "The New Republic," and co-host of CNN's "Crossfire," has been hired by Microsoft to start an on-line magazine of political dialog and cultural commentary. TERRY GROSS will also be speaking with him about the Republican primary. He has a new collection of his essays, "Big Babies," (William M

Robert Siegel speaks with Bud Collins, sportswriter for the Boston Globe about the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, where the women's final is set. In the semi-finals, number five seed Venus Williams defeated her sister Serena, seeded 8th. This is the first time in over 100 years of Wimbledon that two sisters faced one another, the second time ever. Having defeated number-one seed Martina Hingis to get to this match, Venus may have been better prepared for the finals match than her sister, who advanced against minimal competition. Number-two seed Lindsay Davenport will play against Venus, having defeated unseeded Jelena Dokic.

Co-creator, executive producer and head writer of "NYPD Blue," DAVID MILCH, and Detective BILL CLARK who is a consultant to the show. CLARK is a former New York City homicide detective. Many of the story lines for the show, come from the cases he worked on. The two have collaborated on a new book, True Blue: The Real Stories Behind NYPD Blue (William Morrow).

3. : From the new movie documentary "Hoop Dreams" (Fine Line Features), young basketball player ARTHUR AGEE and film director STEVE JAMES The film traces the lives of AGEE and his friend William Gates for five years as they try to follow their dreams of rising from inner city Chicago to play in the NBA. James is the director, producer and co-editor of the film. (REBROADCAST from 10/31/94).

- Andrea De Leon (Ahn-DRAY-uh DAY-LAY-OWN) reports on the Senate Primary campaign in Maine, which was held this week. Republicans in the state cast ballots for Susan Collins, John Hathaway, and Bob Monks - who were fighting for the seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Senator William Cohen. Many people in Maine considered the campaign to be one of the nastiest in the state's history. A week before the primary, two newspapers reported that candidate Hathaway had been investigated for allegedly having sex with an underage girl. Hathaway accused candidate Bob Monk of leaking the story to the press. Candidate Susan Collins - who stayed out of the dispute - won the primary with more than 50-percent of the vote.

Co-creator, executive producer and head writer of "NYPD Blue," DAVID MILCH, and Detective BILL CLARK who is a consultant to the show. CLARK is a former New York City homicide detective. Many of the story lines for the show, come from the cases he worked on. The two have collaborated on the book, "True Blue: The Real Stories Behind NYPD Blue" (William Morrow). (REBROADCAST FROM 11

Clinical neurology professor and doctor OLIVER SACKS. He is the author of six books about his patients, people with autism, Parkinson's Disease, Tourette's Syndrome, and other neurological disorders. SACKS was portrayed by Robin Williams in the 1991 film version of his book "Awakenings." His other books include "A Leg to Stand On," and "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat." His newest is "An Anthropologist On Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales," which tells the stories of the disorders of seven of his subjects. (Alfred P. Knopf) (REBROADCAST FROM 2/

Veteran broadcaster Robert Trout recalls The Senator Was Indiscreet, a little remembered motion picture that cast a cynical look at the political process. The film talked about the balancing act between the press, public relations and politics. Actor William Powell played an inept senator with presidential ambitions. He had a secret diary that threatened to derail him. The story by George S. Kaufman never caught on with audiences. But Trout says there's a lot of cold-hearted wisdom in this movie comedy that we can still learn from today. It deals with patronage and pride in ways that were meant to be an exaggeration at the time. But after Spiro Agnew, Wayne Hayes, Watergate and the like, the film seems like a celluloid crystal ball.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from The Netherlands that the defense began its summation today in the trial of two Libyans accused of bombing Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The defense attorneys had called only eight witnesses in the course of the eight-month trial in a special Scottish court, convened at Camp Zeist. In his closing argument, lawyer William Taylor tried to poke holes in the prosecution's case, saying the Crown had failed to prove his client Abdel Ali al-Megrahi was a Libyan agent who was working in concert with the co-defendant, Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah. The attorney again tried to shift the blame to a Palestinian group. Two hundred seventy people died in the 1988 bombing.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including Roger Adams, pardon attorney at the Justice Department, on the pardons of Marc Rich and Pincus Green; Captain Tom Kyle, deputy chief of staff of the US Pacific Fleet, on the collision of the USS Greeneville with a Japanese fishing trawler; Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan before the Senate Banking Committee; William H. Gates, Sr. and Representative Jennifer Dunn (Republican, Washington) on the possible elimination of the estate tax; Lieutenant General Gregory Newbold, of the US Marine Corps, on Friday's air attack of Iraqi defense installations; and President George W. Bush during his visit to the ranch of Mexican President Vicente Fox.

Bug, the new psychological thriller from Exorcist director William Friedkin, got its start as a paranoia-driven stage play by actor-writer Tracy Letts. The film version features Ashley Judd as well as Michael Shannon, who starred in the Off-Broadway production.

A U.S. senator is calling for the resignation of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Annan is being accused of fraud and lack of oversight in the Iraq oil-for-food program. Annan's battle to keep his job nearly overshadows plans for renovation and expansion of U.N. headquarters in New York City. NPR's Tony Cox talks with Ian Williams, a U.N. correspondent for The Nation magazine, and Mike Aiello, a staff writer for Forbes magazine, who has investigated the oil-for-food program at length.

Actor Mark Webber, 21, is currently starring in the new Todd Solondz movie, Storytelling. He got rave reviews for his performance in the London and New York stage productions of David Mamet's American Buffalo opposite William H. Macy and Phillip Baker Hall. He also appeared in Snow Day with Chevy Chase and The Animal Factory directed by Steve Buscemi. Weber grew up in Philadelphia where he was sometimes homeless with his mother Cheri Honkala. She is a homeless rights activist and founder of the Kensington Welfare Rights Union. In March Webber can be seen in HBO's Laramie Project. In upcoming films he plays Woody Allen's son in Hollywood Endings, and Al Pacino's assistant in People I Know.