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Clinton's speech with several voters in California, and reports on their reaction.

Wendy Kaufman reports from Seattle on a new law in the State of Washington requiring health insurers to cover non-traditional medical services. These include services for chiropractors, massage therapists, and acupuncturists. The new law says that if an insurance plan covers treatment for certain conditions, then the insurance company must pay for the treatment regardless of who provides it--as long as the provider is licensed and qualified to do it. The law went into effect on January First.

SCOTT HAS SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A RACIAL MOTIVE BEHIND LAST WEEK'S SHOOTING AND FIREBOMBING OF A CLOTHING STORE IN HARLEM.

SCOTT READS SOME LETTERS FROM OUR LISTENERS.

WITH BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS IN WASHINGTON SEEMINGLY GOING NOWHERE, REPUBLICANS CONSIDER WHAT THIS MIGHT MEAN FOR THEM IN AN ELECTION YEAR. NPR'S BRIAN NAYLOR REPORTS. 4:00.

NPR'S SUSAN STAMBERG TALKS WITH ACTOR IAN MCKELLEN WHO STARS IN THE LATEST FILM VERSION OF SHAKESPEARE'S RICHARD THE THIRD. MCKELLEN ALSO CO-WROTE THE SCREENPLAY.

Noah talks with NPR's Tom Gjelten in Sarajevo about a glitch in plans for a prisoners-of-war exchange, which was agreed to by all sides under the Dayton peace accords. The Muslim-led Bosnian government now refuses to free Serb prisoners, insisting the Serbs first account for thousands of Muslims which Bosnia charges are still being held prisoner.

2: Novelist R.S. JONES. His first novel, Force of Gravity was published in 1991. One reviewer called it, "a moving, acutely intelligent story about going insane." He's just published his second novel, Walking on Air (Houghton Mifflin) about a man who is dying of AIDS. A reviewer for The New York Times writes, "The novel's power resides in its almost total refusal to do anything but starkly describe this process, to trace the effects of the disease on this suffering man and his two friends. It rings true from start to finish."

Commentator MILO MILES reviews the five-CD box set featuring Chicago and country blues performers from the early 60s. It''s called "American Folk Blues Festival ''62 to ''65." (Evidence label).

SCOTT AND RON EVALUATE THIS WEEKEND NFL PLAYOFF GAMES, INVOLVING FOUR TEAMS THAT ARE AMONG THE MOST STORIED IN THE SPORT.