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Scott speaks with Weekend Edition's sports commentator Ron Rapoport about baseball's spring training and what it portends for the rest of the season.

Actress BEBE NEUWIRTH (Pronounced NEW-worth). She played the humorless shrink, Lilith, on the television show "Cheers" for which she won two Emmy Awards and has appeared in many films, including "Bugsy," "Malice," and "Jumanji." Now she's starring in the hit broadway musical "Chicago" a comedy set in the Roaring Twenties. Neuwirth won a Tony award for her performance as Nickie in "Sweet Charity." (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES THRU THE END OF THE SHOW)BEBE NEUWIRTH continued. 12:58:30 NEXT SHOW PROMO (:29) PROMO COPYOn today's Fresh air --Writer ANNE LAMOTT. She wrote the bestselling book "Bird by Bird," an instructional book on writing. Her latest novel is "Crooked Little Heart." Also -- actress BEBE NEUWIRTH (Pronounced NEW-worth). She's best known for her role as "Lilith" the humorless shrink on TV's "Cheers." Now she's starring in the hit broadway musical-comedy "Chicago." That's coming up on Fresh Air.

of Texas City, Texas, who is heading up an effort to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the worst industrial accident in the nation's history. 557 people were killed by a fertilizer explosion on a cargo ship...the accident still reverberates in the lives of people in Texas City.

Robert talks with Ze'ev Chaifets (HEH-fets), a columnist for the Jerusalem Report, about the allegations against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the public reaction to charges that he planned to install a political ally as Israel's Attorney General.

Floating :30 I.D 12:35 and 12:45]Performance poet SEKOU SUNDIATA (SAY-coo SOON-de-ah-ta). A Village Voice critic once wrote of SUNDIATA, ". . . like Billie Holiday, Sundiata surprises with images and tumbling phrases that blend with subtle rhythmic variations." Although he's an established and respected artist, he's just completed his debut CD, "The Blue Oneness of Dreams" (Mouth Almighty Records/Mercury). (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES THRU THE END OF THE

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports that prominent North Korean defector Hwang Jang Yop (hwong jahng yahp) remains sheltered inside the South Korean embassy in Beijing, despite indications from North Korea that it would not try to interfere with his transfer to South Korea. South Korean analysts say part of the problem is North Korean and Chinese anger over Seoul's handling of the situation.

The city of Grand Forks, North Dakota has literally been inundated in the flooding that has paralyzed the northern plains. Ray talks with evacuee Lynn Wooten and Red Cross worker Tim Manatt from a rescue center at the Grand Forks Air Force Base. Wooten says her boyfriend didn't want to leave their apartment until the very last minute. Manatt says several of the kids at the resuce center built a little bowling alley to ease the boredom.

about trial of an army drill sergeant at the Aberdeen training center who is charged with several rapes and other sexual assaults. The prosecution is expected to rest its case Thursday.

are protesting alleged harassment by Chicago police during last year's Democratic National Convention. They filed a lawsuit yesterday claiming the city's police violated a 15-year-old court order limiting surveillance and prohibiting potentially abusive tactics. Just last month, the city asked that the court order be relaxed, saying it has hampered police investigations of gangs and drug traffickers.

in Kinshasa as Laurent Kabila's rebels remain confident of their eventual victory and President Mobutu Sese Seko refuses to concede power. Prospects for a proposed face to face meeting in South Africa 's Julie McCarhty reports on the potential for change in North Korea. The Stalinist nation is in the twin grips of starvation and repression...some analysts think a coup d'etat is imminent, others think the army will defend the regime against any uprising. South Korea and the United States, meanwhile, are providing food aid in the hope of easing what they see as the North's inevitable transition.