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THE SINGING GROUP "BETTY" (ALLISON PALMER, AMY ZIFF AND BITSI ZIFF) SING US A VALENTINE SONG. (TOLL FREE NUMBER - 1-800-HI BETTY, 1-800-442-3889).

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr offers some alternative olutions to some current problems.

AFTER YEARS OF PROTESTING THAT FOREIGN SUBMARINES, FROM THE FORMER SOVIET UNION, WERE SPYING ALONG THE SWEDISH COASTLINE, THE SWEDES MADE PUBLIC LAST WEEK AN EMBARRASSING DISCOVERY...THEY HAD MISTAKEN RUSSIAN SUBMARINES FOR MINKS. SCOTT SIMON DISCUSSES THE MIX-UP WITH SIMON HAYDON, AN EDITOR AT REUTERS NEWS SERVICE IN STOCKHOLM.

THERE ARE REPORTS THAT HANK WILLIAMS SR. IS STILL ALIVE!

Liane Hansen speaks with modern mandolin virtuoso Radim enkl (rah-deem ZENG-kell), who performs for us from the studios of QED in San Francisco. His new CD is called "Czech It Out", on David risman's Acoustic Disc label (Acoustic Disc #ADC-12).

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports on how Italy's fascist party has renamed itself, shedding it's legacy of Black Shirts and stiff-armed salutes, in hopes of attracting a new generation of supporters.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's ews, including President Clinton on the Crime Bill; Representative John Kasich KAY-sick) (R-OH) on the budget; Senator Don Nickles (R-OK) and Rep. Nita Lowey D-NY) on Dr. Henry Foster's nomination for Surgeon General; Rutgers University resident Francis Lawrence; and President Clinton, House Speaker Newt Gingrich, nd Kansas City Royal's Pitcher David Cone on baseball.

SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL TALK ABOUT THE NEW FILM "THE QUICK AND THE DEAD" STARRING SHARON STONE AND GENE HACKMAN.

NPR's Anthony Brooks reports on the controversy over a federally mandated water filtration system in Lancaster, New Hampshire. Officials there say that the 3-million dollar system is unecessary because their water is already clean.

Daniel talks with NPR's Jacki Lyden who is in Teheran, Iran. Today is the 16th anniversary of the overthrow of the Shah of Iran. They will talk about how Iran is becoming increasingly democratic and it's culture is adapting many of the trappings of Western democracies such as satellite television.