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Alan Cheuse reviews Mangos, Bananas, and Coconuts by Himilse (ee-MEEL-say) Novas (NOH-vass). It's about miracles, magic and the Cuban culture, with a satirical twist. The premise ...fraternal twins separted at birth are destined to reunited later in life. The Publisher is Arte Publico.

1:Host of ABC'S "Nightline" TED KOPPEL. He has a new memoir about his 16 years with the news show and his life before journalism. It's called "Nightline: History in the Making and the Making of Television" (Times Books, by Ted Koppel and Kyle Gibson). (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE

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NPR's Mike Shuster reports on the relatively low profile the United States has kept in Liberia during that country's recent civil strife.

Noah talks with Allyson Atchley, a staff member of the 69th annual Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee. Atchley helps bee participants when they misspell a word. Students have the option of retreating to a "comfort room" where they are offered cookies and punch and a dictionary to look up the word they misspelled. Atchley chats with them and tries to make them feel better if they are upset.

Scott speaks with Professor Brian Gardiner, a paleontolgist at King's College, London. Prof. Gardiner says he knows who perpetrated the hoax of 1912, the Piltdown Man, thought to have been the "Missing Link."

One hundred years ago this week, supposedly, the first U.S. auto accident took place. Scott speaks with automotive engineer Richard Scharchburg (Schartzburg) about other early collisions. (5:15) Scharchburg is the author of "Carriages Without Horses" published by: Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc. 400 Commonwealth Drive. Warrendale, PA. 15096 (412) 776

NPR's Melissa Block reports that the South Bronx has one of the country's highest asthma rates: estimated as high as 8 times the national average. At some public schools, the problem is especially acute; one principal at a school near an incinerator says that half of her students suffer from asthma. Many of these schools are close to the industrial plants that some have accused of exacerbating asthma. But heavy industry is encouraged in this region, and company officials say there's no proof they're part of the problem.

Commentator Alan Cheuse reviews a new political novel called Sounding the Waters by James Glickman. It's the story of a midwestern veteran politician who runs for the Senate, and the book is complete with descriptions of all the dirty tricks that occur during a hotly contested political race. (Glickman's book is published by Crown, this year.)

Linda speaks with E. Ethelbert Miller, editor of a new anthology called "In Search of Color Everywhere: A Collection of African-American Poetry." The anthology includes works by Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, Alice Walker, and Rita Dove, among others. The book covers a wide range of topics - from race and identity, to basketball, jazz, and history. (Stewart, Tabori & Chang: 1996)