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Beth Fertig of member station WNYC reports on the appointment last night of Daniel Domenech as chancellor of New York City schools. Mayor Rudolph Guiliani disapproves of the new chancellor; last night a candidate supported by the mayor withdrew from consideration amid allegations of conflict of interest.

Daniel discusses the implications of the verdict in the New York terrorism trial with L. Paul Bremer, who served as Ambassador at Large for Counterterrorism during the Reagan administration.

Jacki speaks with Don Wetzel, inventor of the Automatic Teller Machine about his invention. This week the Smithsonian Institution added an ATM machine to it's collection of 20th century artifacts. Wetzel says that last year alone, more than 8-billion transactions were conducted using ATM's.

During the 19th century, the African nation of Namibia was under German colonial rule. Every year, the Herrero ethnic group has a celebration to remember the dead from their battles with the Germans. Rachel Gowases sent us this postcard.

Daniel talks with Dr. Tom Widgely, a climatologist based in Boulder Colorado. Scientists are now saying that Global Warming does exist and blame the cause on humans. They hadn't said so officially in the past because scientific proof remained elusive. Now they're sure and are predicting that among other things the Earth's average temperature will continue to rise - and with it, ocean levels.

In Kankakee Illinois, two children were horribly murdered. In one case, the abduction of a 10 year old white boy caused an overwhelming community response. But, in the other case, that of a 13 year old black girl who had runaway from home, there was hardly a murmur from the citizens of Kankakee. Police Chief William Doster was struck by the different reactions and about his concern in the local paper. In his essay, Chief Doster wrote "the disease of racism has brought about the cancer of indifference". Jacki speaks with Chief Doster about his open letter to the community of Kankakee.

Daniel talks to Paolo Coehlo about his book, "The Pilgrimage." In it, Coehelo describes a journey he took as part of a religious practice. Coehlo gives tips for meditating and taking pilgrimages in our daily lives.

This documentary by Peabody award winning producer David Isay is an oral history of Iolene Catalano, a woman who lived with drug abuse and prostitution, and who died last year of AIDS. Isay recorded more than 30 hours worth of interviews with Iolene, who wanted, before her death, to let the world know that she was something more than an addict or criminal, that she was a poet and singer. Please note the content and language advisory at the top of this DACS.

Tomorrow the jury in the OJ Simpson case begins deliberations, and they'll have to decide whether Simpson is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. What does "reasonable doubt" mean? Daniel discusses this with Jon Newman, Chief Judge of the US Court of Appeals for the 2d Circuit.

Reporter Claudio Sanchez takes a look at advocates of bills pending in Congress which would make English the official language of the United States. Supporters of the legislation say they are glad that the English-only issue is receiving a great deal of attention these days.