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Daniel talks with astronomer Andrew Fraknoy about the making of a new star. This past week, the Hubble space telescope beamed dramatic pictures a star embryo back to earth.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a hallenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is from Ann Arbor, Michigan. JONATHAN HAAR: National Book Award finalist Jonathan Haar speaks with Liane ansen about the legal case behind his book, "A Civil Action." (Random House). t is the story of a lawsuit brought by eight working-class families in Woburn, assachusetts who suffered an environmental catastrophe at the hands of W.R. race and Beatrice Foods. The book, which was nominated for a 1994 National Book ward, follows attorney Jan Schlichtman over the course of nine years as he ought the corporations.

Liane Hansen speaks with I. Bernard Cohen, ictor S. Thomas Professor Emeritus of the History of Science at Harvard niversity about his new book, "Science and the Founding Fathers" (Norton). ohen believes that science heavily influenced Jefferson, Madison, Franklin and thers, and you can see the evidence of that in the documents they composed. :32.

The first play to open on Broadway in more than a year, Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu's Pass Over tells the story of two young Black men dreaming of a better tomorrow in a world of police violence.

CNN anchor Chris Cuomo never covered the sexual misconduct probe into Gov. Andrew Cuomo on his show. The state attorney general's report showed he advised his brother on responding to the allegations.

With recent elections in Russia, Commentator Andrei Codrescu notes the return of the communists. But he points out they never really left, and they really aren't what we thought they were in the first place.

Andrea DeLeon of Maine Public Radio reports on the attack on four nuns over the weekend. Two of the nuns were killed, and two injured by a former mental patient. Some believe he should not have been on the streets.

Bobbie O'Brien reports from Tampa, Florida on a recent study which shows that cutting mangrove trees along waterfront property drastically effects the coastal ecosystem. Recent relaxation of environmental laws has allowed homeowners to cut mangrove trees without obtaining a permit.

Danny speaks with David Remnick, writer for the New Yorker Magazine, about Russia's involvement in Chechnya, and the reasons the conflict developed in the first place. Remnick won a pulitzer prize for his book Lenin's Tomb, which surveyed the collapse of the Soviet Union.

for the Republican nomination.