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Scott with some thoughts on doctor-assisted suicide.

of the dangers of space junk and debris, and the problems it could cause for the international space station scheduled to be up and running by next year. There's four-million pounds of debris in orbit around the Earth.

Scott talks to country and rock singer-songwriter, Steve Earle. Originally from Austin, Earle now lives in Nashville. His new CD is called 'Feel Alright' and is on Warner Brothers Label.

Linda talks with Matthew Wald, a Washington correspondent for the New York Times, about today's near-miss between four F-16 fighter jets and a commuter aircraft. This incident comes on the heels of yesterday's similar problem off the New Jersey coast in which two F-16 jets swooped in on a civilian passenger flight. Investigators are now concerned with who should take the blame for these near-tragedies.

are a victory for the Conservative Right in U.S. politics.

State officials across the country heard talk of welfare reform two years ago, and realized how poorly equipped their states were to accept new welfare responsibilities. NPR's John Nielsen reports that governors and legislators instituted new programs to trim costs and now say they are ready to handle the burdens of reform. But some analysts warn that because a strong national economy is fueling much of the improvement, a recession could ruin the states' progress.

Scientists at the Massachussetts Institute of Technology say they've proved that a chemical found in the brains of mice is responsible for turning long-term memories off and on. Some researchers say that the findings, which appear in tomorrow's issue of the journal Cell, could provide new insights into human memory disorders, including Alzheimer's disease. NPR's David Baron reports.

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at the University of Pittsburgh about the future of third parties in challenging Democrats and Republicans.

NPR's Tovia Smith reports on a new law requiring ALL Massachusetts businesses to post information about reporting sexual harassment in the workplace. Small businesses say the new law is too expensive for them to comply with...it requires the printing of information for posting, for brochures, and in some cases the employers may even be obligated to pay for awareness classes...and that they are essentially required to post information on how employees can sue them.