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Laura Ziegler (f) reports that today marks the final installment of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. It's creator Bill Waterson has decided to end the strip after more than 10 years, because he wants to be free of deadline pressure when drawing his cartoons.

The dog who lives in the home of commentator Daniel Pinkwater has been getting some ink recently -- it started with a piece he wrote for the New York Times Book Review, then continued in the pages of "Smithsonian" magazine.

SCOTT DISCUSSES THE YEAR IN BUSINESS AND THE ECONOMY...AND WHY BOOMING STOCK MARKETS HAVEN'T MADE MANY WORKERS FEEL MORE SECURE....WITH REGULAR VISITOR AND FORTUNE MAGAZINE COLUMNIST JOE NOCERA.

Chapin Carpenter - Daniel talks with Country Music Singer-Songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter in our performance studio. Carpenter has won five Grammy Awards and numerous other awards for her music. Carpenter, who is from the Washington D.C. area, will sing a few songs from her latest C-D called "Stones In The Road." It's on the Columbia label.

Daniel speaks with NPR's Martha Raddatz about the status of the American soldier who was wounded yesterday in Bosnia, and about the completion of a pontoon bridge just completed over the Sava River. The first of 20-thousand American troops today began crossing that bridge into Bosnia.

Cuban authorities are cracking down on protesters after a wave of anti-government rallies. The U.S. has spoken out in support of the protest movement, but some lawmakers say Biden needs to do more.

Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF reviews "Broken Arrow."

NPR's Kathy Schalch reports that the Clinton re-election campaign has raised more money than any of his potential Republican opponents -- $26 million as of the end of 1995. According to a new report, much of the money has come from lawyers and the entertainment industry, two groups that have been very supportive of the Clinton administration and some of its legislative proposals.

As Lebanon marks a year since a huge blast at the Beirut port, the sister of one of the victims is still working to pick up the pieces of her life and continue her search for justice.

Democratic leaders in New York's state legislature say they'll move forward quickly with impeachment proceedings against Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who faces allegations of criminal sexual harassment.