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Commentator Alan Cheuse reviews a new novel about life in a Chicago home for the mentally ill. It's called Life in teh Rainbow by Richard Horan. (Steerforth Press)

President CLinton is expected to speak at the Commerce Department about Commerce Secretary Ron. Brown, whose played crashed today in in the Adriatic.

Commentator David Crystal says poets aren't the only ones to invent new ways of describing the world.

things are looking good for a second term for President Clinton. And -- if this election plays out like the others since World War Two, look for Clinton to win by an even larger margin than 1992.

NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that somehow, the U.S. must find a way deal with Iran when negotiating peace in the current Israel-Lebanon crisis.

SIMON/ BUZZARDS OF HINCKLEY, OHIO: SCOTT SPEAKS WITH NATURALIST BOB HINKLE ABOUT THE RETURN OF TURKEY BUZZARDS TO THIS TOWN, ALWAYS ON THE 15TH OF MARCH.

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

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on a speech Yassar Arafat delivered today in Gaza. The PLO leader accused Iran of ordering a wave of bombings on Israel. He also criticized the Jewish state for sealing the West Bank and Gaza strip.

Robert Siegel profiles a series of cases heard by the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles. All the cases are murderers trying to get out of prison before their sentences are up. We'll hear the pleas of victim's families trying to keep their loved one's killer in jail. We'll hear the families of the inmates- hoping to get their loved one a chance on the outside. And, the parole board members weigh in on how they approach the difficult task of making these decisions.

On a day in February, Jason Reinier put a call out to sound recordists. He asked them to record the sounds in their neighborhoods, and to send those sounds to him . He took those sounds and put them together as an audio snapshot of February 17th 1996. We play them for you today on the first international noise awareness day. (8:00) (IN S