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Host Liane Hansen speaks with editorial writer and columnist Tom ennedy, previously of the Houston Post, which went out of business two weeks go. The two discuss the future of newspapers in this country, and the closings f several papers in recent years.

Daniel spends an afternoon watching the national sport of the Island of Puerto Rico...Cock Fighting. Daniel discusses the official rules of combat, judging, and the methods of training to get the roosters in shape for fighting. He even does a play by play.

STARK: Popular culture commentator Steven Stark looks into his rystal ball and sees a nation obsessed with psychic and astrological affairs

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's ews, including Attorney General Janet Reno on Cuban refugees at Guantanamo, resident Bill Clinton on militias, Secretary of State Warren Christopher on the ran trade embargo, South African Foreign Minister Alfred Inzo on nuclear isarmament, Dr. Henry Foster on his nomination as Surgeon General, Senator Dan oats (R-IN) and Senator Nancy Kassebaum (R-KS) on Foster's nomination as urgeon General.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with freshman ongresswoman Enid Waldholtz (R.-UT). Waldholtz is the first G.O.P. epresentative on the House Rules Committee in 80 years. They discuss her erspective on the first one-hundred days of the Republican agenda for Congress nd how her pregnancy will affect her own congressional agenda.

FROM MEMBER STATION WNYC, BETH FERTIG REPORTS THAT SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS ARE THREATENING TO STRIKE NEXT WEEK IN NEW YORK CITY, STRANDING 150 THOUSAND STUDENTS.

SPORTS: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT VETERAN N.F.L. QUARTERBACK JOE MONTANA, WHO WILL ANNOUNCE HIS RETIREMENT NEXT WEEK.

SIMON/FISH: SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH BOSTON UNIVERSITY RESEARCHER, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR LES KAUFMAN, ABOUT HIS PLAN TO FUND HIS RESEARCH AND SAVE ENDAGERED FISH. FOR FIFTY-THOUSAND DOLLARS, DOZENS OF LUCKY DONORS WILL BE ABLE TO NAME A SPECIES OF FISH IN LAKE VICTORIA IN EASTERN AFRICA.

Jonathan Birchall of the BBC reports from Jerusalem hat Israeli security forces have shot dead three Palestinian militants who were iding out in a cave south of Hebron. The Palestinians were believed to be embers of the group Hamas (hah-MAHS), which has carried out recent attacks on ewish settlers.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on the latest in the investigation of the bombing last week in Oklahoma city. Authorities are pursuing leads across the country in an effort to find the suspect John Doe #2 and any others with potential links to the blast.