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NPR's John McChesney reports the online service Compuserve says it plans to reopen access to nearly 200 sexually-oriented discussion groups to all but its German customers by the end of the month. Compuserve closed the forums after prosecutors in Germany said some of the material in the groups violated German obscenity laws.

DID LAST WEEK'S ELECTION TELL US ANYTHING ABOUT HOW NEXT YEAR'S VOTE MIGHT GO? NPR'S BRIAN NAYLOR EXAMINES THE QUESTION. 4:00.

THIS WEEK, IN COMMEMORATION OF WEEKEND EDITION'S 10TH ANNIVERSARY MONTH, WE ARE RE-AIRING A STORY ABOUT NATASHA DUDINSKA (doo-DIN-skuh), A CZECHOSLOVAKIAN STUDENT ACTIVIST THAT REPORTER ALEX CHADWICK MET SIX YEARS AGO WHEN HE WENT TO COVER THE ANTI-COMMUNIST REVOLUTIONS IN EUROPE.

SCOTT REVIEWS THE YEAR'S TOP STORIES THROUGH ESSAY AND SOUND.

SIMON/THREE STOOGES: SCOTT TALKS WITH LAWYER BELA LUGOSI JR. --- WHO ARGUED A CASE INVOLVING THE HEIRS OF THE THREE STOOGES AND WHO OWNS THE RIGHTS TO THE COMEDY TEAM'S MERCHANDIZING REVENUES.

Linda talks with Washington Post reporter Christine Spolar who is several miles north of the Sava River in Croatia. The bridge over the river, built by U.S. Army engineers from the 502nd company, is now carrying hundreds of trucks per day from Croatia into Bosnia.

Liane Hansen speaks with Dr. Joe Sachs, who serves as edical technical advisor on the set of the popular TV drama "ER." Sachs xplains how the show's cast and writers are able to realistically portray edical procedures and build such strong characters.

Liane speaks with Pulitzer-prize winning cartoonist, laywright, screenwriter and novelist Jules Feiffer about his new children's ook "A Barrel of Laughs, A Vale of Tears" (Harper Collins).

With COVID-19 cases spiking in Michigan and vaccinations stalled, some businesses are asking customers to show proof of vaccination. But there are unvaccinated residents who call this discrimination.

WAS IT REALLY A STAR THAT DREW THREE WISE MEN TO BETHLEHEM ON THE TWELFTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS. MAYBE NOT, A MODERN-DAY ASTRONOMER TELLS SCOTT. AND WE HAVE A READING FROM T.S. ELIOT'S "JOURNEY OF THE MAGI."