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White House Spokesman Michael McCurry has said Mrs. Clinton's appearance before the grand jury was "about as welcome as a trip to the dentist's office." We check with one member of the maligned profession for reaction.

Liane Hansen speaks with NPR's Chitra Ragavan (RAH-guh-vahn) about he prospects for passage of a farm bill in the House. A similar bill already as passed the Senate. In addition to the contents of the legislation, they iscuss the bill's potential impact on consumers.

Liane Hansen speaks with Carl Cannon, White House correspondent or the Baltimore Sun, about a variety of topics, including the new elecommunications bill, Bob Dole taking on Steve Forbes in New Hampshire, and he prospects for a budget agreement.

SCOTT INTERVIEWS THE DEPUTY MAYOR OF A TOWN IN FRANCE THAT IS TRYING TO RAISE FUNDS TO BUY THE CHATEAU ONCE OWNED BY THE FRENCH AUTHOR AND PHILOSOPHER VOLTAIRE. THE TOWNS SURROUNDING THE ESTATE ARE AFRAID THE FAMOUS HOUSE WILL END UP IN THE WRONG HANDS.

NPR'S MARGOT ADLER VISITS CHRISTIE'S AUCTION HOUSE IN NEW YORK DURING ITS ANNUAL FREE APPRAISAL WEEKEND AND LEARNS FIRST HAND THAT TRUE VALUE ISN'T ALWAYS MEASURED IN DOLLARS AND CENTS.

Commentator Reynolds Price talks about the death of his friend, Lightning Brown, who succombed to AIDS at the age of 48. Price reads a poem that Brown wrote for the AIDS House in Carroboro, and responds with a poem of his own.

NPR's Anthony Brooks examines Vice President Al Gore's campaign, as he moves toward the Democratic Presidential nomination. Gore hopes to use the current economic boom to help propel him into the White House.

Host Renee Montagne talks with Marshall Wittmann of the Heritage Foundation about the political implications of House Speaker Dennis Hastert's offer to President Clinton: increase the minimum wage in exchange for a cut in business taxes.

Commentator Meghan Daum has left New York City for a small farm house in Nebraska, but she has found that some small communities still have big city problems.

Noah checks back with Stacy Jessop, a Montana middle school teacher who was evacuated to a Red Cross shelter to avoid wildfires which were burning perilously close to her house. She's returning home today.