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Geri Pizzi of member station KCUR reports on a dispute in the Kansas State house over the state chaplain's use of the word Jesus in the legislature's opening prayer.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on violent protests yesterday in Israel by Ethiopian Jews following their discovery that Israeli blood banks, after drawing blood from the immigrants, throw the blood away, fearing it may be contaminated with HIV. Israel officials explain this was done quietly so as not to hurt the Ethiopians' feelings. But Ethiopian Jews say the disqualification of their blood is just one more example of thr discrimination they suffer at the hands of Israel's white, European-born majority.

SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

Writer Bev D'Onofrio has this tale of her decision to abandon her life in New York City and return to a saner way of existence in a small town on Long Island.

Liane Hansen is joined by John McCaslin, columnist for The ashington Times and Greg McDonald of the Houston Chronicle. They look back at ome of the stories making news in the past week, including the farm bill ending in Congress and Phil Gramm's retirement from the presidential weepstakes.

NPR's Jon Greenberg brings listeners up to date on the nvestigation to determine the cause of Friday's train crash in suburban aryland, just outside Washington, D.C. Investigators are looking at the status f the signals at the time of the crash.

Although it has been more than 15 years since the death of jazz ianist Bill Evans, his music continues to strongly influence modern jazz. Later his year, Verve Records will release a boxed set of all the albums he made for hat label. Reporter Paul Gallagher looks back at Evans' music and career.

Alan Cheuse reviews a massive historical novel by Czech emigre writer Josef Skvorecky (YO-sef shuh-VOR-ress-kee). "The Bride of Texas" tells the romantic tale of some 300 Czech emigre soldiers who marched under Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman in his infamous Civil War campaign across Georgia. (Publisher: Knopf)

SCOTT TALKS WITH RAILROAD EXPERT JOHN HANKEY.

for not putting air bags into their vehicle.