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NPR's Eric Weiner reports that unofficial results of the Israeli elections show Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu as the winner. Official results will be announced next week, but it now appears certain that Labor leader Shimon Peres has lost his bid to remain Prime Minister and pursue his plan for peace with Arab states.

NPR's Murray Horwitz has a remembrance of Jerry King-- the founder of the King Charles Troupe-- a daring and funny circus act-- featuring unicyclists playing basketball while riding their cycles. Mr. King died this week in New York City.

NPR's Tom Gjelten previews this weekend's meeting between Secretary of State Warren Christopher and European foreign ministers - trying to keep the Bosnia situation from slipping out of control.

NPR's Melissa Block reports that the South Bronx has one of the country's highest asthma rates: estimated as high as 8 times the national average. At some public schools, the problem is especially acute; one principal at a school near an incinerator says that half of her students suffer from asthma. Many of these schools are close to the industrial plants that some have accused of exacerbating asthma. But heavy industry is encouraged in this region, and company officials say there's no proof they're part of the problem.

NPR's Richard Harris reports that physicists have created an experiment to explore one of the great paradoxes of modern physics. The conundrum, known as the Schrodinger's cat paradox, puzzled Einstein and other great modern physicists. Now, scientists have created a physical example of the paradox, which seemingly puts one atom in two places at the same time.

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Wright, who was President Clinton's chief of staff when he was governor of Arkansas... During her testimony on Thursday, Wright disputed the Committee's claims that Governor Clinton arranged favors for campaign contributors. She also pointed out that both Senators Bob Dole and Alfonse D'Amato have accepted campaign contributions similar to those received by Mr. Clinton.

Jackie Kennedy Onnasis' estate has been drawing top dollars all week long at Sotheby's auction house. Noah Adams talks with Michael Marsden, dean of the College of Arts and Science at Northern Michigan University in Marquette who has written about popular culture, about this estate sale. Marsden says he's not surprised by the amount of money people have paid for Jackie O's belongings being auctioned. Rather, Marsden says, people attach a kind of profound value to memorabilia that can be very high. He says this dates back to the Middle Ages when people begin to collect the relics of saints.

Alan Cheuse reviews Mangos, Bananas, and Coconuts by Himilse (ee-MEEL-say) Novas (NOH-vass). It's about miracles, magic and the Cuban culture, with a satirical twist. The premise ...fraternal twins separted at birth are destined to reunited later in life. The Publisher is Arte Publico.

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