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caucus venues in Iowa. He reports on the debate and the issues on the minds' of voters at a Des Moines City precinct.

Robert talks with Linda Wertheimer who is in New Hampshire following the campaign. She assesses the mood of Granite State, as well as the fortunes of the Republican presidential candidates in the run-up to the state's primary next week.

A conversation about legendary pool player Minnesota Fats who died this morning at his home in Nashville. Noah talks with Jim Murray, who's a columnist with the Los Angeles Times.

JULIUS KNIPL, REAL ESTATE PHOTOGRAPHER, AND SOME FRIENDS PURSUE THEIR FAVORITE MID-WINTER MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE TITLED "THE RADIATOR MUSICIAN."

WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPPOPORT DISCUSSES BASEBALL'S NEW PROPOSAL FOR REGULAR-SEASON, INTER-LEAGUE PLAY STARTING IN 1997.

hard adapting to a sedentary way of life. For centuries, Tuareg families have wandered the Sahara Desert with their camels and goats. Now they are trying to settle into farming, and they miss their traditional lifestyle.

Democrat Ron Wyden wins the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Bob Packwood -- before interest groups were taking credit. Environmentalists, pro-choicers, unions, and the Democratic Party all say they made the difference in the reed-slim victory margin. NPR's Wendy Kaufman finds local pols saying negative campaigning, the weather, and the first-ever mail-in balloting had more to do with the result.

Linda Gradstein reports from Tel Aviv on the trial of Yigal Amir, who has confessed to killing Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. On the day the prosecution rested its case, it was clear that the defense was in disarray and that Amir might be forced to use an insanity defense.

The Zairean government today announced it was closing a refugee camp that is home to almost 2-hundred thousand Rwandan refugees. NPR's Michael Skoler reports that the government is trying to force the refugees to return to Rwanda. Many of them have been living in the camp for more than one year, and Zaire now says it can no longer afford to take care of them.