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In the aftermath of the plane that crashed into an open marketplace in Zaire, scavengers have descended upon the wreckage to take anything they can sell or trade. Washington Post correspondent Lynne Duke is in Kinshasa, Zaire, and talks to Robert about the possible mysterious destination of the plane and why a marketplace was alongside an airport.

Actress FAYE DUNAWAY. She was nominated an Oscar as Best Actress three times, and won it for her role in "Network." DUNAWAY's films include "Bonnie and Clyde," "Chinatown," "Three Days of the Condor," "Mommie Dearest" and "Barfly." She's written her memoir (with Betsy Sharkey) "Looking for Gatsby: My Life" (Simon & Schuster). (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND

NPR's Melissa Block reports that snow storms have made or broken many a politicians career. She will assess how different cities' and states' key politicians are coping with the response to the Blizzard of 1996, and what lessons have been learned by past politician's failures.

Linda Wertheimer talks with Kristine Larson of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Larson gave birth to a healthy baby boy yesterday after being driven part way to a hospital on the back of a tractor. Snow drifts of up to eight feet prevented an ambulance from reaching Larson. The tractor, equipped with a bucket loader, dug itself a path to a highway where an ambulance was waiting.

Commentator Paul Durrenberger says water is one of those forces that is just difficult to control. Old Chinese philosophers used water as a metaphor for slow movement but certain and eternal growth. Ultimately, Durrenberger says, all human existence is a minor transitory obstruction in the middle of a great hydrological circle.

CAROLINE HEBARD (HE(short "e") -BIRD) is the co-founder of the U.S. Disaster Response Team. She and her German shepherd dogs have carried out search and rescue missions at the world's most tragic disaster sites: earthquakes in Japan, Mexico and Armenia, floods in Tennessee, huriccanes, and bridge collapses. The work is dangerous: trainers often follow their dogs into a collapsed building. HEBARD lives in Bernardsville, New Jersey with her husband, children and dogs. Her new book (written with Hank Whittemore) is "So That Others May Live." (Bantam Books). (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE

Noah Adams speaks with Jon Krakauer, author of Into the Wild. Mr. Krakauer pieces together the true story of a daring young man who walked into the Alaskan wilderness with nothing but a .22 caliber rifle and a ten-pound bag of rice. Krakauer orginally wrote this story for Outside magazine and has continued his pursuit of the story of Chris McCandless, who had intended to demonstrate his survival skills in the wilderness in 1992 but instead starved to death. (8:00) (published by Vi

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NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that Sen. William Cohen, a Republican from Maine, announced this morning that he will not seek re-election this year to a fourth term. Cohen's announcement brings to 13 the number of U.S. senators who have said they will be leaving the Senate, the largest number in one year ever. Cohen, a moderate who had been critical of other moderates bailing out of politics, cited frustration with the current budget stalemate for his decision.

Noah speaks David McCumber and Tony Annigoni, authors of a