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Actress Audrey Meadows, who starred with Jackie Gleason in the hit television show "The Honeymooners" died today of cancer. She was 71. We have this remeberence.

This hotline is for WEEKEND SUNDAY ONLY; also, PUZZLE answers will OT be accepted on the comment line -- they must be MAILED IN!! Also, please emind listeners who respond to the PUZZLE via e-mail to include their street ddress and phone number in case of on air credit.

NPR'S ELIZABETH ARNOLD HAS BEEN FOLLOWING NEWLY-HOT GOP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE STEVE FORBES AROUND IOWA. SHE FILES THIS REPORT.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a hallenge for everyone at home. (This week's player is Bob Gilewski from Baton ouge, Louisiana. His public radio station is WRKF in Baton Rouge.)

Daniel talks wtih Dr. John Wennberg of Dartmouth Medical School about a recent study which found that medical care varies dramatically depending on what part of the country your in. The lesson, Wennberg says, is that America doesn't have a health care "system" and that many of the medical decisions made are due to supply and not demand.

NPR's Jon Greenberg reports that the weather continues to plague parts of the country. Today is was flooding in Pennsylvania and Ohio, among other places; and sub-zero temperatures in northern states such as Minnesota.

JANUARY 21,

IN MEMORY OF JOSEPH BRODSKY WHO DIED THIS WEEK, WE AIR A 1986 PROFILE OF THE POET BY KETZEL LEVINE, WEEKEND EDITION'S GARDENING CONSULTANT, WHO USED TO BE AN ARTS REPORTER FOR NPR.