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George Kerscher is his daughter Zoey's biggest fan. She's on her high school basketball team and he goes to every game. William Marcus reports that when she started, he could see fine...now he's nearly blind. So a retired sportscaster sits next to George at every game and gives him a play by play.

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NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that Sen. William Cohen, a Republican from Maine, announced this morning that he will not seek re-election this year to a fourth term. Cohen's announcement brings to 13 the number of U.S. senators who have said they will be leaving the Senate, the largest number in one year ever. Cohen, a moderate who had been critical of other moderates bailing out of politics, cited frustration with the current budget stalemate for his decision.

Jon Kalish reports on two congregations in New York for deaf Jews. The ability to speak Hebrew is very important for Jewish worship. What makes these congregations special is the way they prevent Hebrew from becoming an obstacle between deaf worshipers and their faith.

NPR's Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says that the shutdown of the Federal Government, now being felt far beyond the Capitol Beltway, may turn out to be the defining issue of the 1996 Presidential race.

Liane Hansen speaks with Ron Schultz, author of "Living out of he Moment - 100 Ways to Obtain Happiness Through Total Denial" (Tuttle ublishing). Schultz, who writes under the pen name Guru Babaloo Rum Dust, calls imself The Father of Descendentalism.

Noah Adams speaks with Jon Krakauer, author of Into the Wild. Mr. Krakauer pieces together the true story of a daring young man who walked into the Alaskan wilderness with nothing but a .22 caliber rifle and a ten-pound bag of rice. Krakauer orginally wrote this story for Outside magazine and has continued his pursuit of the story of Chris McCandless, who had intended to demonstrate his survival skills in the wilderness in 1992 but instead starved to death. (8:00) (published by Vi

Noah speaks David McCumber and Tony Annigoni, authors of a

Michael Frank of the Heritage Foundation, and Steven Wagner of the polling firm, Luntz and Associates about the second session of the 104th Congress. The budget stalemate has been keeping lawmakers occupied, but other big issues remain on the Republican agenda.

a patient who had a recurrence of breast cancer a year and a half ago, and elected to have a bone marrow transplant in an attempt to beat the cancer.