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NPR'S Howard Berkes reports on the controversy surrounding Utah Congresswoman Enid Waldholtz and her husband Joe. Mr. Waldholtz surrendered to federal authorities yesterday. He is accused of illegally funding his wife's congressional campaign. The controversy has turned what was once considered a promising political career upside down.

NPR's Elaine Korry reports that California has relaxed regulations which would have required that two percent of the vehicles sold in California by 1998 emit zero emissions. For all practical purposes this would have meant putting electric cars on the market. Carmakers have been fighting this mandate ever since it was passed.

Critic Bob Mondello reviews The Crossing Guard, a film starring Jack Nicholson and Angelica Houston and directed by Sean Penn.

SCOTT SPEAKS WITH PAUL SKIPWORTH, THE OFFICIAL "CLASS" PHOTOGRAPHER, WHO TOOK THE PICTURE OF 190 WORLD LEADERS AT THE U-N 50TH ANNIVERSARY GATHERING.

Could anyone ever credibly play James Bond after Sean Connery? And could there ever be another Zorba other than Anthony Quinn? Do people SEE Zorba even when Quinn is playing some other character. Film critic Bob Mondello examines these and other casting questions.

WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT HAILS THE RETURN OF TWO SPORTS SUPERSTARS: BASKETBALL'S MICHAEL JORDAN AND ICE HOCKEY'S MARIO LEMIEUX (LUH-MEW).

SCOTT SPEAKS WITH REP. FRANK WOLF (R-VA) ABOUT HIS EFORTS TO MAKE THE 104TH CONGRESS A MORE "FAMILY-FRIENDLY" PLACE. THIS WEEK, REP. WOLF SHOWED THE FILM "WHERE'S DAD" ON CAPITOL HILL IN ORDER TO MAKE THE POINT THAT LAWMAKERS SHOULD SPEND TIME WITH THEIR OWN FAMILIES JUST AS THEY MAKE LAWS THAT EFFECT OUR NATION'S FAMILIES.

SIMON/N.Y. TOKENS: SCOTT SPEAKS WITH BOB SLOVAK OF NEW YORK CITY'S METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY ABOUT THE APPEARANCE OF COLOMBIAN 20 PESO COINS ...WORTH ONLY 2 CENTS HERE...IN SUBWAY TURNSTILES WHERE THE $1.50 TOKENS SHOULD GO.

Nick Kristof, about the resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama.

of nine atoms of anti-matter, previously possible only in science fiction. Scientists call it an important development in physics.