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NPR'S MELISSA BLOCK VISITS "NEWCOMERS SCHOOL" IN LONG ISLAND CITY IN THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS IN NEW YORK CITY. IT IS A NEW PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL JUST OPENED UP EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE NEWEST NEW YORKERS, DESIGNED FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN IN THIS COUNTRY LESS THAN A YEAR AND WHOSE ENGLISH SKILLS ARE MINIMAL.

NPR'S JIM ZARROLI REPORTS ON THE "AMERICAN BUSINESS COLLABORATION FOR QUALITY DEPENDENT CARE," FORMED THREE YEARS AGO BY SOME OF THE NATION'S BIGGEST COMPANIES, IN AN EFFORT TO ADDRESS EMPLOYEES' PROBLEMS IN CARING FOR CHILDREN AND ELDERLY RELATIVES....WHICH TRANSLATES TO COMPANY PRODUCTIVITY.

Daniel talks to Rep. Jennifer Dunn, R-WA, and Pamela Dunn, a former welfare mother, who were partners in a program called Walk a Mile in Your Sister's Shoes, which paired lawmakers with welfare recipients. Pamela Dunn said that she expected a Republican member of Congress to be participating in the program just for appearances but found that Rep. Dunn was very gracious and even changed her position on one issue because of their conversations.

NPR's Patricia Neighmond looks back at President Clinton's failed effort to implement health care reform, and notes that there's been a political role reversal of sorts, with Republicans now heading up an attempt to change the way the country's medical services are delivered.

Pop star BOY GEORGE. In 1982, he and his band Culture Club first hit the charts with, "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?" He has a new autobiography in which he says he got "trapped" in the image he created. His band feel apart, his relationship, and he developed a drug addiction. He's now recovered. He has a new autobiography, Take It Like a Man: The Autobiography of Boy George. (written with George O'Dowd, published by HarperCollins.) He also has a new release, "Cheapness & Beauty," (Virgin).

Daniel talks to Thomas Hargrove, an American science writer who was held hostage in Colombia for nearly a year. He says that his hair turned orange from a vitamin deficency.

Four-star General, and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff COLIN POWELL. He has a new autobiography My American Journey (Random House, written with Joseph E. Persico), and an anxious audience, waiting to see if he will declare his candidacy for President of the United States. POWELL first came to the attention of the American public during the Gulf War, officiating at the televised gulf war briefings. POWELL retired from the military in 1993, after 35 years in uniform. During that time he was the Army's youngest brigadier general, as well as the youngest chairman ever of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE

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David Baron of member station WBUR in Boston reports on the effect that proposed cuts in medicare would have on teaching hospitals across the nation. The Medicare program is a major source of funding for teaching hospitals, a system which critics say has resulted in too many specialists being trained at government expense.

KSUT's Sarah Flower spoke with Dr. Jennifer Rupp, Infectious Disease Specialist at Mercy Regional Medical Center.