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Linda talks with Robin Roberts of ESPN and ABC's Wide World of Sports. The Green Bay Packers will face off against the Dallas Cowboys this weekend in the NFC Championship Game while the Pittsburgh Steelers will host the Indianapolis Colts for the AFC title. Robin reviews the two match-ups and discusses the Australian Open.

THE POLICY OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN CALIFORNIA'S STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM ENDED QUIETLY THIS MONTH. BUT ABOLISHING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A TREND. NOR DOES IT HAVE VIGOROUS SUPPORT. NPR'S CLAUDIO SANCHEZ LOOKS AT THE FUTURE OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN EDUCATION.

This week President Clinton signed the National Highway Safety Bill. One of its provisions stops the Federal Government from threatening states that don't have a motorcycle helmet law. Discussions of whether or not to wear motorcycle helmets are controversial and Daniel uses the issue to examine the issue of public safety versus personal freedom.

Classical music critic LLOYD SCHWARTZ reviews an exhibition of paintings by the 17th century Dutch painter Vermeer.

2: Former Executive Editor of The New York Times JAMES RESTON. He died this week at the age of 86, from cancer. He spent fifty years with The New York Times. He began as a reporter in London in 1940, covering the war. He was also Washington bureau chief, executive editor, and columnist. He retired in 1989 at the age of 80. In 1991 he wrote a new memoir, called Deadline (Random House). (REBROADCAST from 10

NPR's Joe Palca reports that researchers at Stanford University have proposed a new theory for why we sleep. Although many theories have been put forth in the past to explain the purpose of sleep, none has been proven. The new theory proposes that sleep is necessary to replenish energy supplies for brain cells.

NPR'S MIKE SHUSTER SPEAKS WITH SCOTT ABOUT PRESIDENT CLINTON'S VISIT WITH U-S TROOPS IN BOSNIA.

Ballet dancer Jacques d'Amboise is among the performing artists who will be honored at the Kennedy Center here in Washington, D.C. tonight for outstanding achievement in the performing arts. d'Amboise made a career performing in George Balanchine's New York City Ballet. He then went on to found the National Dance Institute. Kim Kokich prepared this appreciation.

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NPR's John Greenberg reports on an interview Hillary Rodham Clinton gave to NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday. Mrs. Clinton discusses her troubles over the Whitewater and White House Travel office disputes.