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From New Hampshire, Linda Wertheimer talks with NPR's national political correspondent Elizabeth Arnold, who says that in the last days before the New Hampshire primary, there are no confident candidates making their way through the snow. Late polls show voters are still shopping around, changing their preferences from day to day and that 20 percent of the voters have made no decision at all. We'll talk about why that is, about last night's debate and about what the candidates are saying today.

2: MICHAEL ERIC DYSON is considered one of our most important black intellectuals. He's also an ordained Baptist minister who once struggled as an 18-year old father in Detroit. His work has appeared in "The New York Times," "Rolling Stone," "Vibe" and other publications. His new book is "Between God and Gangsta Rap" (Oxford University Press) about contemporary Black culture. DYSON teaches at the University of North Carolina where he is a Professor of Communications Studies.

SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH BRUCE STEIN OF THE NATURE CONSERVANCY, HEAD OF A GROUP OF 500 SCIENTISTS WHO JUST ISSUED A REPORT ON THE NATION'S AT-RISK SPECIES.

David Hearn, a world champion canoeist, tells Noah about his arrest on the flood-swollen Potomac river. He was charged with ignoring National Park Service warnings to stay away from the river, but Hearn says he was using his skills to find a missing boatman. (4:30) 3. HARRISBURG EVACUEE -- Linda Wertheimer speaks with Harrisburg resident Thelma Ziegler. Ziegler's house was flooded, and she was evacuated Saturday morning. She also survived the floods of 1936 and 1972, and prepared for the blizzard of 1996 by selling off much of her furniture in the last few weeks.

wear a United Nations uniform or serve under a U.N. commander in the former Yugoslavia.

that First Lady Hillary Clinton will testify before a federal grand jury in Washington on Friday. Her testimony was requested by Whitewater Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr. Mrs. Clinton is expected to answer questions about billing records from her Little Rock law firm. A Senate committee sought those records for two years before they suddenly turned up earlier this month.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli visits with some young people from Banja (BAN-yah) Luka, the Serb-held city which was the headquarters of the Bosnian Serb Army. Little was known about the city during the war as reporters were blocked from visiting it. The local economy now produces almost nothing for export and only about ten percent of the local population is legitimately employed. Young people in Banja Luka are skeptical about the future and maintain a deep aversion for the Bosnian Serbs.

NPR's Melissa Block reports that the announcement last week of three arrests in New York in an alleged cellular phone fraud ring is the latest chapter in an ongoing story. Estimates are that fraud will cost the cellular industry nearly a billion dollars this year. And even as the cellular companies come up with technologies to make cellular phones more secure, crooks manage to outsmart them every step of the way.

Eric Weiner reports from Jerusalem on the death of a Palestinian terrorist who was believed to be behind a series of murderous suicide bombings in Israel. The Islamic group Hamas has accused Israeli agents of the death and has warned of revenge attacks.

The 104th Congress officially begins its second session this week. But NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that with budget negotiations still at an impasse, lawmakers are expected to accomplish few legislative matters this session. Today, the debt limit was the issue going back and forth between the White House and Congress. House Majority Leader Dick Armey says House GOP will block raising the debt limit until the White House accepts much of their agenda.