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

BASEBALL: SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH JOSEPH NOCERA (no-SER-ah), A BUSINESS COLUMNIST FOR GENTLEMEN'S QUARTERLY MAGAZINE. MR. NOCERA SAYS THAT THE SIX-MONTH OLD BASEBALL STRIKE IS NOT A TRADITIONAL LABOR DISPUTE.

Jamey Turner is many things. He's a professional clarinetist, he plays the wrench harp and the musical saw. He's also well known as one of those few individual who can actually make music from a table loaded with brandy snifters half filled with water...an instrument known as the glass harp. Joe visits with Mr. Turner to talk about just how all of this comes together to create music that is both beautiful and ethereal.

NPR's Margo Adler reports on the aftermath of yesterday's vote that ousted the NAACP's chairman. The new chair, Myrlie Evers-Williams, inherits an organization that is deep and debt and whose image has been tarnished by allegations of mismanagement.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's ews, including convicted murderer Colin Ferguson, the prosecutor in the erguson case, several witnesses to the crime; and O.J. Simpson prosecutor arcia Clark cross-examining a police witness; and convicted spy Aldrich Ames

A powerful House subcommittee has voted to kill a program that helps poor people with AIDS pay for housing. NPR's Vicky Que examines the Republican rationale for the vote, as well as warnings from AIDS activists that the measure is likely to throw thousands of infected people into shelters, increasing the danger of tuberculosis in those facilities.

Daniel talks to Gregory Williams, author of the book, "Life on the Color Line: The True Story of a White Boy Who Discovered He Was Black." The book deals with Williams' discovery, as a ten-year-old Virginia schoolboy during the 1950's, that his father was really black and he, therefore, was also black. Williams recounts his ostracism from white society, his personal conflicts and his ultimate embrace of his black identity.

Craig speaks with Dr. Irwin Hyman, author of the book The Case Against Spanking. Dr. Hyman says if the United States banned spanking, the incidence of violence and child abuse would decrease. He strongly criticizes the continued use of corporal punishment in many school districts.

WEEKEND EDITION WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR TALKS ABOUT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION WITH RALPH NEAS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL RIGHTS AND CLINT BLOCK, VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF LITIGATION FOR THE WASHINGTON, D.C.-BASED INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE.