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SCOTT SPEAKS NPR'S MARA LIASSON ON THE LATEST EFFORTS BY THE WHITE HOUSE AND CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS TO RE-OPEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND TO GET FURLOUGHED WORKERS BACK ON THE JOB.

SCOTT VISITS ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S OLDEST MISSIONS FOR THE DOWN-AND-OUT, WHERE STRICT RULES ARE STILL THE RULE AND LISTENING TO A STERN SERMON IS A REQUIREMENT FOR THOSE SEEKING A MEAL.

Reporter Mike Villars reports on a follow-up meeting in Philadelphia to last month's Million Man March. Civic leaders met at a church yesterday and discussed plans to revitalize African American businesses in their city and recruit more blacks as teachers.

Daniel talks with astronomer Andrew Fraknoy about the making of a new star. This past week, the Hubble space telescope beamed dramatic pictures a star embryo back to earth.

ON THIS DAY, ARMISTICE DAY, IN 1938 KATE SMITH SANG IRVING BERLIN'S SONG "GOD BLESS AMERICA" FOR THE FIRST TIME ON RADIO. SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH BERLIN'S DAUGHTER MARY ELLIN BARRETT ABOUT THE CHANGES HER FATHER MADE TO THE SONG BEFORE HE GAVE TO THE LEGENDARY SINGER.

REPORTS THAT IN RUSSIA THE KGB IS STILL VERY MUCH THE SAME AS DURING THE DAYS OF COMMUNISM.

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Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a hallenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is from Ann Arbor, Michigan. JONATHAN HAAR: National Book Award finalist Jonathan Haar speaks with Liane ansen about the legal case behind his book, "A Civil Action." (Random House). t is the story of a lawsuit brought by eight working-class families in Woburn, assachusetts who suffered an environmental catastrophe at the hands of W.R. race and Beatrice Foods. The book, which was nominated for a 1994 National Book ward, follows attorney Jan Schlichtman over the course of nine years as he ought the corporations.

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