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The man who made the Corvette Classic into a legend died Sunday. Zora Duntov (DUN-toff) was a Russian engineer and race car driver. Two years after the first Corvette appeared, Duntov was hired as an engineer at Cheverolet and began changing the Corvette into a "muscle car." He was 86. (1:30) (IN S

>The Song of the Dodo . The book deals with evolution and extinction on islands... and not just islands you find in the middle of water, but islands in the ecological sense... that is, any patch of habitat surrounded by an inhospitable area. Quammen is probably best known for his columns that ran for 15 years in Outside magazine.

that Ford Motor Company has announced what could be the largest recall program in the history of the auto industry. Ford is offering to fix faulty ignition switches on more than 8 million vehicles manufactured between 1988 and 1993. The ignition switches can short circuit, leaving Ford vehicles vulnerable to fire.

Commentator Alan Cheuse reviews a new novel called The Gospel of Corax, a fictional work that attempts to tell the story of Jesus that is not told in the Biblical Gospels. (The book is published by Soho

Robert Siegel talks with NPR's Ted Clark about the visit of Israeli Prime Minister to the White House. President Clinton and Prime Minister Peres are considering increased cooperation between the US and Isreal along with continuing joint efforts to fight terrorism.

Bob Mondello reviews HORSEMAN ON THE ROOF, a movie that's literally about love in the time of cholera. It's a swashbuckling romance from the director of CYRANO DE BERGERAC.

have appealed a judge's ruling on evidence leaks to the media.>

Shoko Asahara, leader of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, who has been charged with masterminding the Sarin nerve gas attack in the Tokyo subway last year...

Clarinetist, bandleader, and curmudgeon...but kind of a right-on curmudgeon. Shaw quit playing music more than thirty years ago...just when he had what most might consider "it all": money, fame, beautiful wives (lots of them). Now he lives alone and writes novels and short stories. Dean Olsher visited him at home and has this report.

Noah talks with Bobby Plump, who scored the winning shot in the 1954 Milan Indiana high school basketball championship which was the depicted in the movie "Hoosiers". Plump organized the group "Friends of Hoosier Hysteria," to fight against a change in the traditional one-class tournament system. The group lost its fight today when the Indiana High School Athletic Association voted today to change to a multi class tournament format based on school enrollment.