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NPR's Phillip Martin reports on a controversial piece of art in Boston Harbor- a liquid natural gas tank adorned with large rainbow stripes. Many people claim that a face is visible in one of the stripes, and there have been "sightings" of everyone from Ho Chi Minh to Osama Bin Laden since the painting was completed in the early 1970's.

After protracted negotiations between Major League Baseball's owners and players led to a 99-day lockout, baseball officially begins with new rules and new faces.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Harry Belafonte. The singer is promoting a new 5 CD anthology of black music in America, called The Long Road to Freedom.

Weekend Edition Sunday's music director Ned Wharton offers his suggestions for holiday gift CDs.

Scott talks with retired Air Force Major Ted Morris about the time he spent on Diego Garcia, an island in the Indian Ocean. This past week, news reports identified Diego Garcia as a key staging facility for long range bombers operating over Afghanistan. Mr. Morris recalls Diego Garcia as a uniquely beautiful and relaxing place to serve during peacetime. Mr. Morris appreciates Diego Garcia on his website at http://www.zianet.com/tedmorris/.

The search for wildlife in the mountainous wilderness of northern Myanmar led scientist Alan Rabinowitz to a personal discovery. Hear his conversation with NPR's Alex Chadwick. (8:10) ( Alan Rabinowitz's book, Beyond the Last Village: A Journey of Discovery in Asia's Forbidden Wilderness is published by Island Press; ISBN: 1559

Hilary Hahn, 22, talks with Weekend Edition Sunday host Liane Hansen about her new CD, life on the road, and her online journal. Brahms and Stravinsky, with Neville Marriner conducting the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields (Sony Classical SK 89649).

Alberto Giacometti would have been 100 this year, and the Museum of Modern Art is holding an exhibition with works spanning the Swiss artist's long career. David D'Arcy reports for Morning Edition that even now, what the artist's famed sculptures actually express is a matter of debate.

In a look at the literary offerings of the year, NPR's book reviewer, Alan Cheuse, offers All Things Considered the wish list he'd draw up for the holidays.

Maurice Sendak, best known as the author and illustrator of Where the Wild Things Are, also created the sets for a 1983 production of the holiday ballet The Nutcracker. He joined Bob Edwards to talk about his collaboration with the Pacific Northwest Ballet. The original E.T.A. Hoffmann story, with Sendak's illustrations, has been reissued.