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Commentator Elissa Ely's dog always makes friends when they go for walks -- so many so that Elissa thinks he needs his own Rolodex.

Daniel talks with Soprano Heidi Grant Murphy, who also performs for us in her New York apartment. She's accompanied on the piano by her husband Kevin Murphy, an assistant conductor with the Metropolitan Opera. Heidi and Kevin talk about the rigors of a vocal music career, and tell us what's it's like to work together.

about her new book on figure-skating and her concerns that the event's governing body isn't doing enough to make young male competitors aware of the dangers of AIDS.

Satirist Harry Shearer suggests that the GOP plan to eliminate Federal jobs could be helped by an effort to find private support for individual workers. He has Newt Gingrich pitching for folks to help one Air Traffic Controller. By sponsoring this this air traffic controller, the sponsor can find out how many collisions have been avoided by her and who she's dating.

and restore normal activity in cities along the Eastern Seaboard in the aftermath of this week's winter storm.

developments in the Zapatista rebellion. The Mexican government will meet with the Mayan Indian rebels today to discuss the rebels' demands of greater autonomy for millions of indigenous people in Mexico.

bargaining position on the federal budget and the increasing questions surrounding the First Lady.

The House today took up legislation to avoid a third shutdown of the federal government. Temporary funding runs out at midnight tomorrow. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that Republican efforts to include measures to satisfy their conservative members brought warnings from Democrats that this bill could force thousands of federal workers to be furloughed.

about the contentious meeting last night on re-opening the federal government.

NPR's Melissa Block reports from New York on the storms impact throughout the region.