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Joe talks with Jon Miller, play-by-play announcer for Major League Baseball's Baltimore Orioles and for E-S-P-N. Miller is an announcer without a team as his employer, the Orioles, is refusing to field a team of players to replace those who are on strike. The Orioles are the only major league team to not field a replacement team, so Miller is waiting and wondering if he'll be working.

ENVIRONMENTALISTS DESCRIBE THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT AS AN ECOLOGICAL GODSEND, BUT MANY IN CONGRESS THINK OF IT AS AN ECONOMIC MONSTER. THIS WEEK MARKED THE START OF A FIGHT OVER REAUTHORIZATION OF THE LAW THAT PROTECTS THE HABITATS OF RARE ANIMALS AND PLANTS. NPR'S JOHN NIELSEN REPORTS ON HOW THE ACT IS LIKELY TO BE CHANGED, AND WHY THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS AREN'T LIKELY TO LIKE IT.

On Friday the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that February had one of the lowest unemployment rates in the last 4 years. But that's not necessarily good news for everyone... Daniel talks to two brothers, both economics professors, who sit on either side of the issue. Robert Gordon from Northwestern University in Illinois and David Gordon from the New School in New York.

The biggest welfare state in the country turns out to be a commonwealth, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, where nearly sixty percent of the population receives some form of welfare. Danny visits the island and examines why welfare is so widespread...it's linked to federal tax breaks that companies receive as an incentive to do business there. And he talks to Puerto Ricans about the impact welfare has had on the commonwealth's psyche.

As the end of winter draws near, the signs of spring are verywhere. For many, the change of weather signals the start of a long season f baseball playing. This year is different. Although spring training began this ast week, the baseball strike continues. How good are the substitutes? Will any major league" players show up for the pre-season workout? Will fans pay money o see non-league players in the uniforms of their favorite teams? In Florida, PR's Derek Reveron has some answers.

Liane Hansen speaks with composer, guitarist and programmer Skip cDonald and English producer Adrian Sherwood about their collaboration on music or the group LITTLE AXE, and its debut album, "THE WOLF THAT HOUSE BUILT." The usic has been described as the first "ambient dub blues" project. (Epic/Okeh ecords; EK 64254)

Puzzlemaster Will Shortz challenges listeners to puzzles and word ames. Also - Will remembers Jordan Lasher, who died on January 31st. Lasher was oth a chemical engineer and author of innovative crossword puzzles. He made uzzles more accessible and modern and was a big influence on young puzzle esigners. 7:23 This week's on-air puzzle player lives in Denver, Colorado and listens to

ENTERTAINMENT: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL TALK ABOUT THE NEW CBS MONDAY NIGHT COMEDY "CYBILL," STARRING CYBILL SHEPARD.

Abortion rights advocates and anti-abortion groups agree on something? Conservatives and environmentalists pursuing a common cause? NPR's Jon Greenberg reports that surprising coalitions are popping up in the new political landscape.