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NPR'S VICKY QUE REPORTS ON EFFORTS IN DAYTON, OHIO, TO GET MEDICAID RECIPIENTS TO USE THEIR H-M-O INSTEAD OF FALLING BACK ON THEIR EXPENSIVE RELIANCE ON HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOMS.

Liane Hansen speaks with NPR's Andy Trudeau in the third nstallment of our Oscar-nominated film music series. James Horner has two ominations - for Apollo 13 (MCA Records-MCA3P-3432)and Braveheart (London ecords - 448 295-2). Horner is one of the most prolific of Hollywood composers.

between China and the United States over the issue of Taiwan. Tomorrow, China is scheduled to begin nine days of military exercises in the Straits between the mainland and Taiwan. Both Taiwan and the United States have protested, and the U.S. is said to be moving a second aircraft carrier group into the area as a cautionary measure.

continuing to burn and loot city suburbs which they are leaving.

Commentator Marianne Jennings sasys business people speak a different language...sometimes they don't use words, just acronyms, sometime they take nouns and turn them into verbs and sometimes they put all these things together and nobody knows exactly what they are saying.

presidential election. Perot was a third-party candidate in 1992; when he got 19-percent of the national vote.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with Fred Barnes of the eekly Standard magazine and Mike Christiansen from the Atlanta JournalConstitution bout the week's news, including China's intimidation of Taiwan, nti-terrorism legislation on Capitol Hill, the Kevorkian verdict, and the hrinking number of players in the presidential primary season.

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The statue, which depicts a black teenager cowering before a white policeman and his dog, was supposed to be a monument of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, but critics now say it may have a detrimental effect.

Finland may seem an unlikely place for internet activity, but in a recent ranking of countries based on internet computers, Finland was the clear winner. Danny talks with the managing director of Finland's largest internet provider to find out why.