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NPR'S Richard Gonzales reports on the fizzling fate of the California Civil Rights Initiative (CCRI), which would ban state affirmative action programs. It was expected to provoke lots of political debate, but except for professional pundits, most organizations that could be affected aren't very interested. And the number of voters who are undecided on the issue has grown.

entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell reviews the movie "Bound."

- Jacki talks with Brian Taves (TAYVES) of the Library of Congress about J.E. Williamson, a pioneer of undersea photography. The Library has just finished restoring Williamson's 1932 autobiographical film, "With Williamson Beneath The Sea." Williamson's invention, the "photosphere" enabled him to film undersea fish life for scientific purposes and to shoot underwater scenes for Hollywood movies. The photosphere was an observation "tank" with enough space for a couple of people and for cameras. It was suspended from a boat by a long tube that provided oxygen. Williamson's best-known film is a silent version of "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" (1916). Jacki also talks with Williamson's daughter, Sylvia Munro. Munro has fond memories of the hours she spent in the photosphere when she was a child.

An American businessman was gunned down in Moscow today near the upscale hotel he'd been fighting to manage. NPR's Andy Bowers reports on Paul Tatum and the message his murder gives to other Americans doing business in Russia.

Three articles in the current Journal of the American Medical Association underscore how research results can be a double edged sword. Two papers suggest that taking estrogen replacement therapy increases bone mass, and therefor prevents bone fractures later in life. But one other paper points out that women with increased bone mass are at greater risk for developing breast cancer. NPR's Joanne Silberner explores these apprently conflicting results.

Noah talks with Fred Davis, computer consultant and author of "Windows '95 Bible", about a federal court ruling that will allow America on Line to block junk e-mail from being sent to its subscribers. Many AOL customers complained about getting ads in their electronic mailboxes. In the case of on-line junk mail you are essentially paying for it, whereas junk mail through the postal system is free.

- President Clinton announced today he is convening a summit of Middle Eastern leaders in Washington early this week to calm the latest round of Israeli-Palestinian fighting and to put the Middle East peace process back on track. NPR's John Neilsen reports on the political sensitivities surrounding the summit and the rival Israeli and Palestinian concepts of what conssitutes peace.

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Scott Simon and NPR's chief news analyst Dan Schorr discuss the week's news.

- The 104th Congress, one of the most controversial in the country's history, was set to adjourn