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Daniel talks with Colin Spencer, author of "The Heretic's Feast, a History of Vegetarianism". Spencer says one of the first great vegetarians on record was Pythagoras, who about 25 hundred years ago, headed a sect which believed in part that human souls can reincarnate into animal forms and therefore animals shouldn't be eaten. Pythagoras was considered to be a very holy man at the time, but in later years European Christians viewed vegetarians as heretics and poked fun at them - a habit which Spencer says persists today.

Daniel talks with Tom Salp, a former FBI agent who worked in the Behavioral Science Unit at the FBI Academy. Salp explains how behavioral and psychological profiles are created and used in the apprehension of suspects.

NPR's Dan Charles reports that the federal government today announced which new high-speed train system Amtrak would buy for the Northeast corridor. The train is expected to significantly reduce the time it takes to travel by train between Washington, New York and Boston.

Part four of our special report. (IN S

Linda reads some of the latest letters from our listeners.

NPR'S VICKY QUE REPORTS ON EFFORTS IN DAYTON, OHIO, TO GET MEDICAID RECIPIENTS TO USE THEIR H-M-O INSTEAD OF FALLING BACK ON THEIR EXPENSIVE RELIANCE ON HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOMS.

between China and the United States over the issue of Taiwan. Tomorrow, China is scheduled to begin nine days of military exercises in the Straits between the mainland and Taiwan. Both Taiwan and the United States have protested, and the U.S. is said to be moving a second aircraft carrier group into the area as a cautionary measure.

continuing to burn and loot city suburbs which they are leaving.

Commentator Marianne Jennings sasys business people speak a different language...sometimes they don't use words, just acronyms, sometime they take nouns and turn them into verbs and sometimes they put all these things together and nobody knows exactly what they are saying.