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Linda talks with Tyler Nordgren, a graduate student of astronomy at Cornell University. They talks about how Carl Sagan, who died today at the age of 62, inspired him to study astronomy. Nordgren used to rush home from school to watch Sagan's PBS series "Cosmos" on television, and eventually decided to study interacting galaxies as a result.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with reporter Jon Miller in Lima, eru about the latest in the hostage standoff at the Japanese ambassador's esidence there. Peru's President Fujimori (foo-jih-MORE-ree) has taken a ard-line stance against the terrorists.

Liane Hansen speaks with Art Daley, former Sports Editor of the reen Bay Gazette newspaper about the Green Bay Packers football team. The Pack as won its division, and is on track to go to the Super Bowl for the first time n almost 30 years. 5:32 . DALLAS CHEERLEADERS: Glenn Mitchell of member station KERA profiles the allas Cowboys Cheerleaders. The cheerleaders will celebrate their 25th nniversary this year.

the growing use of cellular telephones: fraudulently charging calls to other people's phone numbers; and illegally eavesdropping on other people's cellular conversations. The former involves a practice known as, 'cloning,' in which a person's cell phone number is replicated; the latter involves the use of a scanner, which enables someone to listen in on calls.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports that in Argentina, President Carlos Menem (MEN-um) continues to confound his critics. Since taking office in 1989, his government has stopped hyperinflation and put the Argentine economy on a high-growth track, mainly by selling off money-losing state industries. Menem's policy surprised many Argentines ...he campaigned for president as a follower of Juan Peron (purr-OHN), who built up the big state sector as Argentina's president fifty years ago. Now in his second term, Carlos Menem is shaking the Peronist (PAIR-oh-nist) party again, this time by challenging labor unions, the traditional base of the Peronist movement. Menem's reforms raise the question of whether Peronism (PAIR-uh-nizm) is finished in Argentina.

Scott talks with Richard Elmore an education professor at Harvard about the prospects for developing a national educational standard.

Weekend Edition's entertainment critic, Elvis Mitchell, reviews the BBC television suspense series "Prime Suspect."

Dan Schorr reviews the week's news.

Linda talks with Chip Toma (TOH-muh), the grounds supervisor for the National Football League. They discuss the grounds crew's race against time at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The staff at Lambeau Field has decided to tear out all the old sod on the football field and install new turf. The problem is that they want to get the field installed in time for the NFC Championship game there on Sunday.

NPR's John McChesney reports Intel, the world's largest computer-chip maker, is unveling a new generation of its popular pentium processor. The MMX chip will improve the way a computer handles video, audio and graphics, according to Intel officials. The new chip is said to be fully compatible with earlier chip designs and operating systems.