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Noah talks with Larry Dunn, chairman of the Allegheny County Board of Commissioners. He describes the flooding in Pittsburgh and surrounding areas. More rain is predicted.

Alan Cheuse reviews paleontologist George Gaylord Simpson's novel, "The Dechronization of Sam Magruder." It's a time-travel adventure with echoes of H.G. Wells. (Publisher: St. Martin's Press)

The BBC's Angus Robertson reports on a controversy in Austria over the discovery of secret U.S. arms caches that were buried there in the 1950s in the event of a second Soviet invasion.

Alex Van Oss reports on a new kind of flute. It's made of carbon instead of the traditional gold or silver and it's inventor claims that the instrument produces a warmer sound. It also has technical innovations that make it easier to play.

WHO'S TREAT IS IT ANYWAY? Roving commentator Bob Garfield went to San Francisco to explore the Rice-A-Roni saga.. and was stunned by what he discovered.

Liane Hansen speaks with Therese Heliczer (tair-EZ ELL-ich-er), director of Youth Vote '96, a group mobilizing young people for he coming presidential election. (Their address on the World Wide Web is ttp://www.cgv.org/cgv/yv96.html)

SIMON/RON: SCOTT AND RON TALK ABOUT THE TOP TWO MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL TEAMS IN THE COUNTRY: THE MINUTEMEN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND THE WILDCATS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY.

Jennifer Griffin reports from Pakistan on the civil war has turned the city of Karachi into a war zone. In the past day, 11 members of the antigovernment organization, MQM, were killed in clashes with police, adding to the toll that has left some 2,000 police and activists dead.

NPR's Kathleen Schalch has this profile of former Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander, who has used a strong finish in the Iowa caucuses to emerge among the top three contenders to win Tuesday's New Hampshire primary. Alexander's surge in the polls has brought a new wave of media scrutiny and questions about whether Alexander's folksy, conservative image squares with his record.

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