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Daniel talks with columnist and author Art Buchwald about his new book, "I'll Always Have Paris." Buchwald says it was an extraordinary time period (1940s, 50s, early 60s) when many writers lived there--and he and he was in the center of everything as the food and social critic for the Herald Tribune.

about last night's debate between President Clinton and Republican Presidential candidate, Bob Dole.

, who is making his first major international trip to meet with NATO ministers in Brussels.

Robert and Linda look at how the gubernatorial races turned out -- when it was all over, the ratio of Republican to Democratic governors remained unchanged, 32-17. On the other hand, Democrats have control of both chambers of the state legislatures in 19 states -- a gain of 2 -- compared to the 15 controlled by Republicans. Legislatures are split between the two parties in 13 states.

Last week, California voters passed a ballot proposition legalizing medical marijuana. For some time, the main active ingredient in marijuana has been available as a prescription pill. Advocates of marijuana as an antidote to nausea of chemotherapy, migraines, the pain of arthritis and many other aliments say that smoked marijuana delivers more reliable and regulatable relief than the pill form. However, many physicians feel that smoking is harmful and marijauna should not be prescribed by doctors.

-Danny talks to Neil Silberman, author of "Between Past and Presest," about the politics of archaeology. Silberman says the recent clashes in Jerusalem over a deicison to open a tunnel alongside the biblical Temple Mount are only the latert manifestation of the use of archeology as a weapon in the war for national identity and sovereignty He provides similar examples from Greece, Bosnia and. . . lower Manhatrtan.

Commentator Mickey Edwards talks about the fine distinction between "good" pork...a needed project that brings jobs and services to a particular district...and "bad" pork...projects whose chief benefit seems politically motivated.

The White House and Congress settled on a bill authorizing numerous new parks yesterday. NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on the winners--San Francisco's Presidio Park, for example--and some of the losers, including Alaska's Tongass National Forest.

seemed to describe different economies belonging to different countries -- both named America.

yesterday the two countries expelled one of each other's diplomats...