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Scott Simon talks with Laura Hillenbrand author of a new book about the race horse Sea Biscuit. (16:40) (Seabiscuit: An American Legend Random

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Lisa speaks with former State Department Ambassador-at-Large Robert Gallucci about how negotiators use language to manoeuvre through tense conflicts. Galluci is now Dean of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Rome about a campaign to ban political satire on public TV. Silvio Berlusconi who owns three tv networks and is running for office, has frequently been the source of hard hitting satire and has asked that such political barbs be banned.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr discusses the spy plane incident and US-China relations with David Shambaugh, professor of international affairs at George Washington University and a China specialist at the Brookings Institution; and Don Oberdorfer, professor of international relations at Johns Hopkins Nitze School of Advanced International Studies.

Scott Horsley of member station KPBS reports from San Diego on Pacific Gas & Electric's decision to file for bankruptcy.

NPR film critic Bob Mondello reviews the Iranian movie, The Day I Became A Woman. It tells the stories of a young girl, a young woman and an older woman in Iran, and their places in society. It opens today.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem reports the Israeli government and many ordinary Israelis are holding Yasser Arafat personally responsible for the ongoing violence in the West Bank and Gaza. Eight years ago, following signature of the Oslo accords, the Palestinian leader was hailed in Israel as a partner for peace, but few Israelis apparently still hold that view.

President Bush continues his baseball romance by throwing out the first pitch at Milwaukee's new ballpark tonight. The stadium project was dogged by problems from conception to completion, including a fatal crane accident, a political scandal and major cost overruns. Chuck Quirmbach of Wisconsin Public Radio reports.