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There was a summit in Washington this week to discuss the politics of meaning, a new political movement offering progressives/liberals a way to 'reclaim' the family values issue which has been monopolized by the right. They held a Summit on Ethics and Meaning and proposed a "Covenant with American Families", their answer to the Christian Coalition's Contract with American Families. Lynn Neary reports.

The glorious Miss Piggy squares off with Linda,as they discuss her cookbook including recipes of certain dishes Miss Piggy was loath to discuss, and her great love for CHOCOLATE!

Commentator Elissa Ely was proud of the authority her white, medical coat gave her when she first wore it. But then she realized the coat can intimidate patients and that sometimes it's better to take it off.

An audio diary recorded by a teenager growing up in Queens, New York as she tries to convince her parents that her relationship with another girl is not just a stage. Producer Joe Richman's Teenage Diaries series will continue the first Monday of every month beginning in June.

NPR's Richard Harris reports that dinosaur bone hunter Paul Sereno today unveiled his latest finds, including the skeleton of a huge meat-eating dinosaur that once roamed what is now Africa. Sereno and his colleagues unearthed the remains while hunting for dinosaur bones in the Sahara. The creature is giving scientists a better picture of dinosaur evolution.

Commentator Marion Winik and her two sons have been learning about grief over the last year and a half. Winik's husband was sick with AIDS and killed himself in August of 1994.

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Daniel talks with NPR's Tom Gjelten about preparations at The Hague for Bosnia war crimes trials. A two week investigation into alleged slaughters outside Srebrenica ended yesterday. Investigators returned to The Hague with bags of physical evidence which will be used at the trials, the first of which begin in May. Only a handful of suspects are actually in custody.

Commentator Kevin Kling discovered a family secret, the day he was struck by lightning.