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Jackie talks to Charles Hall, an Advertising executive who has launched his own campaign to try and combat date rape. He is distributing evocative posters with the words "this is not an invitation to rape me" written in the centre. Hall launched this campaign after a female friend was attacked following his 30th birthday party. He will be releasing television and radio commercials later this year.

Jamey Turner is many things. He's a professional clarinetist, he plays the wrench harp and the musical saw. He's also well known as one of those few individual who can actually make music from a table loaded with brandy snifters half filled with water...an instrument known as the glass harp. Joe visits with Mr. Turner to talk about just how all of this comes together to create music that is both beautiful and ethereal.

NPR'S ISABELLA ALEGRIA REPORTS THAT RAINS HAVE ABATED AND FLOOD WATERS ARE RECEDING IN CALIFORNIA, LEAVING BEHIND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGED AND RUINED CROPS. MANY SMALL FARMERS AREN'T INSURED AND CONSUMERS ALREADY ARE SEEING HIGHER PRICES IN LOCAL MARKETS.

FINANCE: SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH NPR'S JIM ZAROLLI ABOUT THE STOCK MARKET'S RISE LAST WEEK, A WEEK IN WHICH WE ALSO SAW THE U.S. DOLLAR SAG.

In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the death of Anne Frank, NPR's Scott Simon has a special segment about her life and the diary that has become one of the most influential books of the century.

WEEKEND EDITION'S WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH DAVID MASON, DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS ASSESSMENT PROJECT AT THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION AND STEWART TAYLOR, SENIOR WRITER FOR THE AMERICAN LAWYER, ABOUT ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT AFTER THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ASKED FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF AN INDEPENDENT COUNSEL TO INVESTIGATE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT SECRETARY HENRY CISNEROS.

SCOTT SIMON AND SIMON HOGGART OF THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER IN LONDON TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

On this the 20th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, Daniel talks to Frank Snepp, an analyst for the CIA in Viet Nam about the final hours of the American pullout from that city.

SIMON/RAPOPORT: SPORTS: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT THE NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT, WHICH BEGINS THIS WEEK.

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.