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Daniel speaks with Sandy Rikoon, a sociologist at the University of Missouri about Rachel Caloff (KAY-loff), a young woman who in the 1890's left her native Russia for the United States marry a man she'd never met. Together, Caloff and her new husband moved to North Dakota where they became part of a small Jewish farming community. Rikoon found a manuscript of Caloff's memoirs in an historical archive and worked with the family to get it published. It's called 'The Rachel Caloff Story' and is published by Indiana University press.

conference championship games this weekend.

Daniel visits the Goleta California Farm of Michael Ableman. Ableman is an organic farmer and faces the possibility of losing the land if he doesn't raise three-quarters of a million dollars in the next two years. Even more interesting is his 12 acre farm called "Fairview Gardens" is completely surrounded by suburban development.

will direct a private national campaign to reduce teen pregnancy and on the critical reaction from Dr. Foster's detractors. Foster failed to win Senate confirmation as Surgeon General after he admitted understating the number of abortions he had performed.

Robert talks with R. Jeffery Smith, National Security Reporter for the Washington Post, about a Defense Department security memo warning contractors that Israel might be using Jewish-Americans to steal military and intelligence secrets.

NPR's Trevor Rowe reports from the United Nations of concern over the immediate future of the International War Crimes Tribunal investigating atrocities in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia. Just as the investigation is reaching critical mass, it appears the chief prosecutor, Richard Goldstone, is about to leave his post.

Sound artist Gregory Whitehead demonstrates the evolution of the human brain with the help of some mashed potatoes and imagination.

NPR's John Ydstie reports the Federal Reserve cut short-term interest rates by a quarter-point today. Policymakers at the Fed cut the Fed Funds rate -- the rate banks charge each other for overnight loans -- to 5.25 percent. It was the third time in the last six months the Fed has moved to lower rates over concern about weakness in the economy.

have calculated that the number of those infected with HIV appears to have stabilized. In New York State, the number of HIV infected women giving birth has actually dropped, but nationwide, the number of infections among young gay men appears to be going up.

NPR's Dan Charles reports on the status of a government decision about whether to reprocess plutonium. Arms control advocates oppose the reprocessing to limit the amount of material available for weapons.