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NPR's Renee Montagne reports from Los Angeles on how much the O.J. Simpson trial is costing. No one knows how long the trial will take, but cost estimates now are about 700-thousand dollars a month.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH AUTHOR EDWARD SIRATA, WHO IS CURRENTLY IN SARAJEVO. TODAY, BOSNIA'S MUSLIM PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO RETURN THE HAGGADAH, A PRICELESS MEDIEVAL PASSOVER BOOK AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MANUSCRIPTS IN JEWISH HISTORY, BACK TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY.

HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON AND HER DAUGHTER CHELSEA HAVE JUST RETURNED FROM A 12-DAY TOUR OF SOUTH ASIA AND HOST SUSAN STAMBERG LOOKS BACK OVER THE TRIP.

- Danny speaks with Walter Adams, Distinguished Professor of Economics at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, about corporate mergers and takeovers. This week, Lee Iacocca and Kirk Kerkorian mounted a bid to takeover the Chrysler Corporation, an effort that recalls the merger mania of the 1980's. Adams says corporate takeovers, by and large, don't do the country any good, for they don't as a rule add to the productivity and creativity of the economy.

ONE YEAR AFTER SOUTH AFRICA'S FIRST FREE ELECTIONS, NPR'S MICHAEL SKOLER REPORTS THAT DEEP SEEDED SUSPICIONS OF THAT COUNTRY'S GOVERNMENT REMAINS.

THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN OKLAHOMA CITY IS WHERE FAMILIES OF THE PEOPLE MISSING IN THE BOMBING WAIT TO BE NOTIFIED. SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH DR. DAN NELSON, CHILD PSYCHIATRIST AND COORDINATOR FOR ALL THE ACTIVITY AT THE SIT.

NPR's John McChesney reports on wildfire, an automated phone system which unlike voicemail will be able to find you anywhere in the country.

Daniel talks with Mark Kincaid who until recently worked for the Texas Office of Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC) - an independant state agency that monitors how insurance companies operate. OPIC recently conducted a survey of insurers doing business in Texas on those companies confidential underwriting guidelines. In many cases, Kincaid says, insurance companies will disqualify applicants for seemingly groundless reasons, such as working in casinos or beauty parlors.

SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

SIMON/LETTERS: SCOTT SIMON READS SOME LISTENER MAIL.