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IN OBSERVANCE OF THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH MARTIN GOLDSMITH, HOST OF NPR'S PERFORMANCE TODAY, ABOUT COMMEMORATIVE MUSIC, ESPECIALLY THAT FORM OF MUSIC KNOWN AS THE "REQUIEM."

SCOTT SIMON GOES TO A SUBURB OF SALT LAKE CITY TO VISIT WITH TENZIN DHONG (TEN-zin DONG-hah) AND HIS FAMILY. THE 6-YEAR-OLD CHILD IS BELIEVED TO BE THE REINCARNATION OF A HIGH TIBETIAN BUDDHIST LAMA...WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE HIS OWN GRANDFATHER.

SIMON/GUINIER: SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH LANI GUINIER, CURRENTLY PROFESSOR OF LAW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, ABOUT HER NEWLY-RERELEASED BOOK, NOW IN PAPERBACK, THE TYRANNY OF THE MAJORITY - FUNDAMENTAL FAIRNESS IN REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY, PUBLISHED BY THE FREE PRESS, AND THEY TALK ABOUT CASES COMING BEFORE THE U.S. SUPREME COURT THAT COULD CHANGE THE FACE OF POLITICS.

SIMON/HEINZ 57: SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH DONNA DOWLING, AN 8TH GRADE ENGLISH TEACHER AT THE NORTHWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL IN GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA. HER CLASS WROTE TO H.J. HEINZ COMPANY IN PITTSBURGH BRINGING TO THEIR ATTENTION INCORRECT GRAMMAR USED ON THEIR LABEL, AND THE COMPANY WROTE BACK..."AS A RESULT OF YOUR LETTERS, THE BACK LABEL OF HEINZ 57 SAUCE WILL BE REDESIGNED WITH NEW VERBIAGE."

"If we didn't lead this fight, nobody would," says a Beirut resident whose 3-year-old daughter was among the 217 killed in the blast. An official investigation has stalled. No one has been prosecuted.

Authorities warn current conditions are ideal for more fires. Officials say embers from the Bootleg Fire can travel long distances on the current 25 mph winds.

"The requests single out President Trump because he is a Republican and a political opponent," the former president's lawyers say in a new motion.

She had been competing at the Tokyo Olympics. Timanovskaya is reuniting with her husband — who has also obtained a humanitarian visa.