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Susan talks with the son of a former Japanese diplomat who defied his government to save the lives of Jews during World War II.

NPR's Elaine Korry reports on a growing trend among some companies to file for bankruptcy when they're not really broke. Sizzler International's recent decision to seek protection under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code while boasting of its financial health is the latest example. Sizzler is using the rules of the Code to close some of its less profitable restaurants and legally break leases and fire employees as part of its restructuring.

NPR"s John Burnett reports that New Orleans is a city extremely vulnerable to hurricane flood damage because it is surrounded by water and generally sits below sea level. The Army Corps of Engineers has erected a system of dikes to protect the city, but others fear a potential disaster if New Orleans is struck by a storm as big as Hurricane Andrew, which devastated South Florida a few years ago. (7:30) CUTAWAY 1C 0:59 1D 7. CHRYSLER RECALL -- NPR's Don Gonyea reports that the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration has gone to court to force Chrysler to recall 91,000 cars. Federal officials say that rear seat belts in the cars are unsafe, but Chrysler has resisted the recall, saying there's no problem. This is the first time an automaker has resisted federal requests for a voluntary recall.

President Clinton was in Greeleyville, South Carolina today to visit the place where an African-American church was burned down last year. He also went to the site of the new Mount Zion AME Church, where he called on all Americans to help put an end to the recent string of church fires. We'll hear excepts from his speech.

suggesting the universe will expand indefinitely, and as the stars burn out, it will end in a whimper rather than a bang.

NPR's Chitra Ragavan reports on a ruling from the Supreme Court today on the issue of how federal prison sentences are imposed. The case involved the sentences of former Los Angeles policemen Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell, convicted in the 1991 videotaped beating of Rodney King. At issue was whether the trial judge exceeded his authority when he sentenced the two to a shorter time in prison than specified by U-S guidelines. Today, justices voted unanimously to have a federal trial judge reconsider the validity of giving both ex-officers stiffer sentences. Koon and Powell are now free. Had the nation's highest court upheld a federal appeals court ruling against them, each man would have faced returning to prison for up to fifty- seven more months.

- President Clinton speaking at one of today's memorial services for the 19 Americans who died in a truck bombing of an American facility in Saudi Arabia this past week.

Edward Lifson talks with people in Chicago about why they don't vote.

accused of conspiring to blow up federal buildings in Phoenix. The arrest is the result of a six-month federal investigation.

Noah talks to Steve Delsohn (del-SON), author of 'The Fire Inside: Firefighters Talk About Their Lives.' Delsohn interviewed 108 firefighters for his book. Two of those firefighters, Phillip Buffa of Washington, D.C.'s Rescue 3 and Keith Walker, Jr. of Alexandria, Virginia's Engine 55, met with Delsohn while he was visiting the Washington area. The firefighters talked about their fears of flashovers (when entire rooms ignite all at once) and of being trapped alone in a burning building. Delsohn says that about 100 firefighters are killed in the line of duty every year while another 100,000 are injured. (The Fire Inside: Firefighters Talk About Their Lives' is published by Harper-Collins.)