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Ani DiFranco [AH-nee dih-FRANK-oh] is a 25-year-old musician who has released seven albums on her own label. With her company based out of her family home in Buffalo and her apartment in New York City, she has built a solid following, selling more than 200,000 units. And Benjamin Shapiro reports that she's done it with songs that are sometimes very frank, addressing sensitive issues like politics, abortion, the intimate details of personal relationships.

NPR's Vicki Que reports on a new test to determine whether people have a gene that's linked to Alzheimer's disease. She says there's an ethical debate among physicians over whether it makes sense for people to know in advance that they're likely to get a disease for which there's no cure.

exploring what Americans want in their political leaders during the 1990's. Lifson talks to people in the Chicago area about the kind of leadership they think the country needs and what they consider to be strong leadership qualities.

there is no hell after all.

Linda Wertheimer speaks with Harrisburg resident Thelma Ziegler. Ziegler's house was flooded, and she was evacuated Saturday morning. She also survived the floods of 1936 and 1972, and prepared for the blizzard of 1996 by selling off much of her furniture in the last few weeks.

Noah talks with participants and producers of the CD "Deep

We hear a story about a woman named Sara who was victimized by a charlatan who talked her into giving out her automatic teller machine PIN number; then Danny talks about ATM scams with Dr. Barry Schreiber, a professor at Saint Cloud University in Minnesota.

was sentenced yesterday to life in prison without parole -- for leading a group of terrorist conspirators who were convicted of plotting to bomb various New York landmarks including the United Nations.

NPR's Brooke Gladstone reports that the Phil Donahue show will leave the air at the end of this season. The television talk show host is credited -- and blamed by some -- for launching the incredibly successful genre of no-secrets-barred talks shows that now saturate the airwaves.