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Commentator Reuven Frank says scenes like the Montanan siege of the Freemen farm, the O.J. trial and the the New Hampshire primary prove just one thing...there are too many journalists and not enough news. And when journalists descend, they do affect the story.

A mural of a basketball player is slowing down the morning commute on a Chicago freeway. Drivers have been gaping at a seventy-five-foot-wide billboard of basketball player Dennis Rodman. The advertisement for a clothier also includes Michael Jordan and Cubs second baseman Ryne Sandberg. Rick Karr reports that the garment-maker may remove the billboard if it continues to slow the traffic. (5:00) 2B CUTAWAY 0:59 Funder 0:29 XPromo 0:29 CUTAWAY 2B 0:29 RETURN2 0:29 NEWS 2:59 NEWS 1:59 THEME MUSIC 0:29 2C 17. LYBIA - NPR's Neal Conan reports on the statement by US Defense Secretary William Perry that the US would not allow Libya to finish construction of a suspected chemical weapons plant. Perry told Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak that the US has photographs showing of an "extensive" weapons program, and would not rule out using force to destroy the plant. NPR's Neal Conan reports.

arranged Middle East Terrorism Summit in Cairo next week, and the impact of the recent Hamas bombings on Israeli Prime Minister Peres political future.

SUSAN SPEAKS WITH KAREN NUSSBAUM, WHO ON FRIDAY LEFT HER JOB AS HEAD OF THE LABOR DEPARTMENT'S WOMEN'S BUREAU. SHE WILL HEAD UP THE AFL-CIO'S NEW WOMEN'S DEPARTMENT. MS. NUSSBAUM SAYS WORKING WOMEN KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEMS ARE BUT THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO SOLVE THEM.

STAMBERG/ DIVORCE X: SUSAN SPEAKS WITH KEITH GUELPA (GWELL-pa) OF VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. HIS COMPANY, WESTERN PRO IMAGING, WILL DIGITALLY REMOVE AN EX-PARTNER FROM PHOTOGRAPHS.

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Danny talks with comedian George Carlin about the state of the world, the art of comedy writing, and Carlin's liberal use of profanity. We'll also hear routines from two of Carlin's comedy albums: "Parental Advisory Explicit Lyrics" (Eardrum Records 7 91593-2) and "Jammin' In New York" (Eardrum Records 7 92221-2). Tonight, Carlin performs his stand-up act at the Beacon Theater in New York City - a performance that will be broadcast live on the HBO cable channel.

and Bob Dole will not be emphasising their Washington insider credentials in the fall election.

Robert Siegel speaks with ex-college basketball players Willie Worsley and Larry Conley about the historic 1966 championship game between Kentucky and Texas Western (now UTEP). In the game, the all-Black starting players for Texas Western beat the all-White Kentucky team. Although the game had tremendous implications for the integration of college basketball, neither Worsely, who played for Texas, nor Conley, who played for Kentucky, realized it at the time.

In eastern Pennsylvania's 15th District, a hard fought campaign for the U.S. House seat is already underway. The incumbent Democrat won by a razor thin margin two years ago, and the 1996 election promises to be just as close. NPR will chronical the campaign in this swing district throughout the year. NPR's Steve Inskeep introduces the candidates.