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WEEKEND EDITION'S WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH ANDY ROONEY, CBS TELEVISION COMMENTATOR, ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK "MY WAR," PUBLISHED BY TIMES BOOK, IN WHICH HE RECALLS HIS YEARS AS A CORRESPONDENT DURING WORLD WAR II FOR THE STARS AND STRIPES.

NPR's Richard Harris reports on the details of the capture yesterday of Columbian drug lord Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela. Columbia's defense minister says that Orejuela's capture is likely to fracture the Cali operation.

A SPECIES OF FRUIT FLY PRODUCES THE WORLD'S LONGEST SPERM.

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

Daniel talks to Arnold Greenberg, owner of the Left Bank Bakery and Cafe in Blue Hill, Maine. Greenberg wants to give up his business to someone who will really care for it, so he is asking prospective proprietors to send him an essay that describes their reasons for wanting to run the business and $100. He will use the money to pay off the mortgage. Interested parties can write to him at the Left Bank Bakery and Cafe, Blue Hill, Maine 04614

SPORTS: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT DISTRESSING NEWS THAT YANKEE GREAT MICKEY MANTLE NEEDED A LIVER TRANSPLANT.

We hear an extended excerpt from a press conference given today by Air Force captain Scott O'Grady. O'Grady, who was shot down last week over Bosnia, detailed how he eluded capture by Bosnian Serbs until US marines rescued him Thursday.

NPR'S TED CLARK REPORTS THAT ALTHOUGH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT REMAINS POLITICALLY REPRESSIVE AND COMMUNIST, CONFIDENCE IN THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMIC FUTURE IS GROWING, AND CHINESE EXPATRIATES ARE MOVING BACK.

Daniel talks to Lee Grensci of Pennsylvania State University about lightning facts and fallacies. You really can be killed by lightning jumping through the telephone, he says, but the odds against it are high. If you are outside during a thunderstorm, the best thing to do is to go into a ravine or a valley or to get in a car.

NPR's Joanne Silburner reports on the strategies health care lobbyists are using on Capitol Hill to influence health care legislation. While last year's health care debate focused on totally revamping the system, this year's debate is revolving around cutting costs.