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NPR's Tovia (TOE-vee-uh) Smith reports on the long suffering fans of the New England Patriots football team, which goes to the final round of the AFC playoffs this Sunday.

Scott and Weekend Edition's sports commentator Ron Rapoport discuss the surprising success of the National Football League's two expansion teams — the Carolina Panthers and the Jacksonville Jaguars — who will be playing in tomorrow's NFL championship games.

- A group of Muslim women living in the United States has just published a manual aimed at helping their sisters in the Muslim world achieve equality with men. NPR's Margot Adler reports that the manual, which shows how modern human rights declaration are consistent with the koran, will provide a how-to-guide for Muslim women's groups in five different countries to fight for their rights.

between G.M. and Volkswagon that ended litigation over charges of industrial espionage by a former design chief of G.M.'s European subsidiary. V.W. will pay G.M. 100-million dollars in damages and agreed to buy 1-billion worth of parts over the next seven years.

Host of Comedy Central's "Politically Incorrect," BILL MAHER. The former stand-up comic's new book is "Does Anybody Have a Problem With That: Politically Incorrect's Greatest Hits," (Villard) With panelists of diverse ideologies (Patty Hearst to Al Sharpton to G. Gordon Liddy...) and sometimes explosive conflicts, the show has been described as "the McLaughlin Group on acid." "Politically Incorrect" can be seen now on right after Nightline on ABC. BILL MAHER'S previous book is a novel called "True Story" (Random House). (REBROADCAST from 6/13/96).Actress SARAH JESSICA PARKER. She's been acting for most of her life, including playing Annie on Broadway, the young bimbo in "L.A. Story," and a fed-up fiancee in "Honeymoon in Vegas." PARKER also starred in film "Miami Rhapsody," and can currently be seen in the films "First Wives Club" and "Mars Attacks."

Dan Schorr reviews the week's news.

Scott with some thoughts on doctor-assisted suicide.

Scott talks to country and rock singer-songwriter, Steve Earle. Originally from Austin, Earle now lives in Nashville. His new CD is called 'Feel Alright' and is on Warner Brothers Label.

South Korea's largest labor union has called for a two-day strike to try to force thr government to reject a new law that would allow companies to lay off workers. Thousands of riot police and strikers clogged downtown Seoul today, but negotiations seem to be underway. Robert speaks with the BBC's Charles Scanlon in Seoul, who is observing the situation.

Fortune magazine's Senior editor JOE NOCERA and historian RON CHERNOW. They can both be seen in the new Frontline documentary "Betting on the Market" (PBS airdate: Tues, Jan 14, 1997). The documentary is based in part on Nocera's 1994 book, "A Piece of the Action: How the Middle Class Joined the Money Class" (published in 1994). The documentary traces America's obsession with Wall Street, and looks at the consequences. NOCERA serves as correspondent in the film. CHERNOW is the author of "The House of Morgan" which received a National Book Award in 1990. He has also been commentator on NPR's "Morning Edition."