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NPR's Rene Montagne looks ahead to next week's events in he O.J. Simpson double-murder trial. On Tuesday, exactly one year after jury election first began, lawyers are scheduled to begin their closing arguments

Jacki speaks with Representative Donald Payne

Beth Fertig of member station WNYC reports on the appointment last night of Daniel Domenech as chancellor of New York City schools. Mayor Rudolph Guiliani disapproves of the new chancellor; last night a candidate supported by the mayor withdrew from consideration amid allegations of conflict of interest.

Daniel discusses the implications of the verdict in the New York terrorism trial with L. Paul Bremer, who served as Ambassador at Large for Counterterrorism during the Reagan administration.

SIMON/LETTERS: SCOTT SIMON READS SOME LETTERS FROM OUR LISTENERS.

This past week, South Africa held another round of mixed-race elections...this time for local government. Daniel talks with journalist and author Allister Sparks about the task ahead for these new leaders...and about a potentially explosive case currently unfolding in South Africa. This past week, the former South African defense minister was charged in the murder of 13 people at a prayer meeting in 1987. But Sparks says the massacre was just one event in a series of violent events now believed to have been provoked by a 'hit squad' organized by the former defense minister.

WORD - NPR's Walter Watson profiles stand-up comic Paul Mooney. Mooney's routines are rife with use of the "N-word." Mooney believes that if he uses the word as many times as he can, it's power will be diminished.

The PUZZLE INTERNET ADDRESS is puzzle@npr.org.

Daniel talks to blues musician Luther Allison about his latest CD, "Blue Streak."

Daniel visits with archeologists who have just finished excavating a site in Washington D.C., about four blocks from the Capital Mall. The site will soon to be the location of a new sports stadium. The artifacts found in the dirt tells a lot about who we are and how we lived.