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, just three months after an armed insurrection broke out. Authorities were relieved that voting was peaceful. It's the first significant election in Mexico since major electoral reform went into effect.

Banning Eyre reviews "Sarala: Hank Jones Meets Cheick-Tidiane Seck and the Mandikas". Eyre, who has lived and studied music in Mali, finds that American jazz pianist Hank Jones, now 79 years old, uses his well-honed jazz sensibilities to mesh perfectly into the traditional music of that west African country.

Commentator Michele Mitchell says the Democrats and Republicans may not want Ross Perot or any other 3rd party candidate in the presidential debates...but that's not going to stem the flow of young voters from seeking alternatives to the major parties.

Noah talks with four different youngsters -- ardent baseball fans all of them -- who are rooting for their home teams in the National and American League playoffs. We'll hear from kids in St. Louis, Atlanta, New York, and Baltimore about why they think their team is going to make it to the World Series.

that is, to borrow dollars against the prize money they expect to be given. He did this...and avoided further losses of $50,000.

With the renewed focus on the violent lyrics of gangsta rap after the death of Tupac Shakur, a group of Minneapolis rappers -- who call their collective Head Shots -- say they want to take rap back to its roots...and away from the corporate music industry they say has corrupted it. Chris Roberts reports.

Senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that the lack of excitement in Sunday night's debate may have dissapointed some, but he applauds the return to civility--which may even bring the presidential campaign closer to discussing concrete issues.

There's a new cd by the Hilliard Ensemble, singing a compostition by Estonian-born composer Arvo Part. The music is based on a series of 24 prayers...one for each hour of the day...written by St. John Chrysostom. Music critic Tom Manoff says there is magic buried deep in the music. (3:30) (S

Republican lawmakers have given up their effort to allow states to bar the children of illegal immigrants from public schools. President Clinton had threatened to veto the overall immigration reform bill if it came to him with the ban included. The provision was supported by Bob Dole and House Speaker Newt Gingrich. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that negotiators from the House and Senate agreed to drop the amendment in order to save the rest of the immigration bill.

Commentator Daniel Pinkwater attempts to donate books to his local public library, but his philanthropy is defeated by an officious librarian.