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Marcie Sillman of member station KUOW in Seattle about the rock group Pearl Jam and the end of its suit against "Ticketmaster." Pearl Jam last year announced a boycott of venues run by Ticketmaster. This past week the group said it was giving up its suit.

SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH NPR'S MARA LIASSON ABOUT THE LATEST IN THE BUDGET BATTLE ON THE HILL.

GARDENING: SCOTT SIMON TALKS TO WEEKEND EDITION GARDENING EXPERT KETZEL LEVINE ABOUT THE "VEGETABLE GARDENER'S" SEASON. THEY ARE JOINED BY BARBARA DAMROSCH, AUTHOR OF "THE GARDEN PRIMER," (WORKMAN PUBLISHING) AND CO-HOST OF "GARDENING NATURALLY" ON THE LEARNING CHANNEL.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with rising-star author Michael habon about his new book, WONDER BOYS (published by Villard Books).

Host Liane Hansen speaks with Joanne Finnegan, author of HATTERED DREAMS - LONELY CHOICES: BIRTHPARENTS OF BABIES WITH DISABILITIES TALK BOUT ADOPTION (Bergin & Garvey - an imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group). innegan wrote the book as a result of her personal experience with the painful ecision of giving up a disabled infant for adoption. The book is meant to be a esource for other parents considering alernative care for children with isabilities.

Jacki talks to film maker George Stoney and former cotton mill worker Lucille Thornburgh about the film the "Uprising of '34" to be aired on Public Television on Tuesday June 27th. Stoney tells how he wanted to let the people involved in the cotton strike tell their own story - and Lucille Thornburgh, now 85, was one of those that was there...

This past week, Marvin Kamras died. Though most people have never heard of Kamras, they have unwittingly benefitted from his work in the area of magnetic tape recording. Michael talks with audio and video inventor Ray Dolby about Kamras's contributions.

From member station K-Q-E-D in San Francisco, Ancel Martinez reports what luxury car dealers are doing to try to stave off the economic hit of a one hundred percent tariff that might go into effect if the U.S. and Japan can't solve their trade dispute by the end of June.

Jacki talks to NPR's Nina Totenberg about the life of Supereme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger. Burger, who died this morning in Washington, D.C. was Chief Justice of the Court for 17 years until he retired in 1986.