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NPR's Adam Hochberg reports that the fight for the soul of the Republican party got underway in earnest today, as Pat Buchanan, riding the momentum of his New Hampshire victory, campaigned in South Carolina. Buchanan pushed economic nationalism hard and appealed to former Phil Gramm supporters, one of whom, Phyllis Schafely of Eagle Forum fame, joined his team today.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports on the reached settlement of the office building workers strike in New York City. 35,000 workers have been striking since the beginning of the year in a dispute over pay for new hires. Rank and file union members vote today on the proposed settlement.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports from Bosnia on the peace process in Mostar and Sarajevo. In Mostar, the city once split between Croats and Muslims, the reunification of the central district has been marred by fist-fights between Croat and Muslim youths. In the Serb suburbs of Sarajevo the exodus of Bosnian Serbs continues. Leaders have ordered an evacuation from areas that are to be handed over to the Bosnian government.

NPR's Joe Palca reports that legislation that kept the federal government open also restricted funding of research on human embryos. Opponents of the research say it is unethical. But proponents say it could lead to important understanding that could help improve fertility treatments.

SCOTT SPEAKS WITH REPORTER LYNN TERRY ABOUT THE 16-DAY OLD TRANSPORTATION STRIKE IN FRANCE.

SCOTT SIMON REVIEWS THE WEEK'S TOP NEWS STORIES WITH SIMON HOGGART OF BRITIAN'S GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER.

Noah Adams talks to Dot Jackson, who lives by herself near the border between North Carolina and South Carolina. She says that she hasn't had power for two days because of the weather, but she isn't too cold because she has a wood stove. She says that whenever she goes to get wood, all the birds hiding from the cold in her woodpile fly out.

Danny, in copy, recalls, the life of Robert Cardin, a nine year old who died this past week. Cardin was one of the first infants in this country to receive a heart transplant, in 1986. He wasn't even a month old at the time of the transplant. Then, we hear a commentary by Dr. Robert Verghese, about "percussion," a medical technique in which a physician thumps a patient's body as part of an examination.

NPR'S BRIAN NAYLOR BRINGS US UP TO DATE ON THE WEEK'S MANEUVERING AS CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT TRIED TO THRASH OUT AN AGREEMENT ON BALANCING THE FEDERAL BUDGET.