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Charles Scanlon reports from Seoul on heightened tensions between North and South Korea. The North said it would no longer respect the integrity of the demilitarized zone, and the South responded by stepping up its surveillance activities.

American Auction - From member station WNYC in New York Laura Sydell reports on a remarkable collection of African American artifacts and documents appearing in a New York auction house. Scholars have mixed feelings about the auction, although they are convinced of it's historic nature, they feel some might take advantage of the artifacts and hold on to them for higher resale at a later date.

Commentator Mickey Edwards says the government should not meddle in Amercians' decision to die.

NPR'S MARGOT ADLER VISITS CHRISTIE'S AUCTION HOUSE IN NEW YORK DURING ITS ANNUAL FREE APPRAISAL WEEKEND AND LEARNS FIRST HAND THAT TRUE VALUE ISN'T ALWAYS MEASURED IN DOLLARS AND CENTS.

a new government took power. In Freetown, Sierra Leone. There was a handover of power by the military, to the new civilian president -- Ahmad Tejan Kabbah [ah-med TEE-jin KAH-bah], is the first democratically-elected leader in Sierra Leone since the late 1970's. The rebels agreed earlier this week to extend a two-month cease-fire. The BBC's West Africa correspondent David Bamford reports.

Daniel talks to Dave Beatty of the National Victim Center and Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Rhonda Saunders about stalking laws. In the past 25 months, many states have adopted statewide stalking laws, making it easier for law enforcement agencies to take action. However, Saunders says there is much more that state legislatures can do to toughen these laws across the country. According to the National Victim Center, currently 200,000 Americans are being stalked. For more information on victim centers in your area call the National Victims Center at 1-800-FYI-CALL.

The clocks in most parts of the US turn an hour forward on Sunday. Daniel talks to William Klepczynski (Klep CHIN ski), the Director of Time at the US Naval Observatory about the history of standard and daylight savings time in the US.

In honor of National Poetry Month, United States Poet Laureate Robert Hass (rhymes with "grass") reads a poem from his book "Human Wishes" titled "Spring Rain".[STATIONS: Human Wishes is published by The Ecco Press]

Daniel talks with epidemiologist Bob Snow about how mosquito nets can help curtail the spread of disease in Africa. Dr.Snow - of Oxford University and the Kenya Medical Research Institute - ran the Kenyan portion of a World Health Organization (W.H.O.) study on the effectiveness of insecticide-treated mosquito nets.

We catch up on collegiate basketball news... Robert Siegel talks with two journalist from Sports Illustrated Larry Berke and Kelly Anderson, about the N-C-double-A Final Four Tournament, for both the Men's and Women's.