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SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH DR. DAVID LONG, HISTORIAN AND PROFESSOR OF LAW AND HISTORY AT MANATEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN BRADENTON, FLORIDA, ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK "THE JEWEL OF LIBERTY," PUBLISHED BY STACKPOLE BOOKS. THIS WORK ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1864 IS BEING CALLED THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOK WRITTEN ABOUT ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN MANY YEARS. NPR'S BOB EDWARDS READS FROM ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS.

2: Director of the National Center on Hunger, Poverty and Nutrition at Tufts University, DR. LARRY BROWN. He directed a recent study titled "Statement on Key Welfare Reform Issues: The Empirical Evidence." The study revealed the assumptions behind the Republican "Contract With America" regarding welfare reform to be wrong. He agrees reform is necessary but feels reform must be focused on the right target.

Maria Hinojosa reports that law enforcement is increasingly relying on the use of informants to catch people suspected of crimes. The problem is that often those informants have criminal records themselves and have been known to lie to law enforcement about what they've discovered, which, in some instances has meant that innocent people have been dragged through criminal proceedings.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports from Jerusalem that Palestinian strawberry growers are struggling to export their fruit to foreign purchasers. But an Israeli agricultural company is doing everything it can to keep direct exports from taking place.

2: Record producer PHIL RAMONE. He has been called the "Pope of pop," producing and engineering artists from Bob Dylan to Gloria Estefan, Paul McCartney, Barbra Streisand, Paul Simon, Billy Joel and dozens of others. Last year he produced Frank Sinatra's Duets 2. RAMONE has just finished recording a classical album with the Curtis Institute Orchestra(EMI). He also produce the cast recording of Stephen Sondheim's "Passion."

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3 : Actor Gary Senise is up for an Oscar for his supporting role in "Forrest Gump."Senise also starred in a film version of "Of Mice and Men."

NPR's Richard Harris reports that researchers now say the moon, which already affects so much of our lives, actually warms the temperature here on earth. And while earthlings may not notice this slight distinction - scientists have certaintly enjoyed looking into it.

ECONOMY: SCOTT SIMON AND JOSEPH NOCERA (no-SER-ah), A BUSINESS COLUMNIST FOR GENTLEMEN'S QUARTERLY MAGAZINE, TALK ABOUT THE SALARIES OF MANY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AND HOW THEY REMAIN HIGH WHILE THEIR COMPANIES REPORT LOSES AND LAY OFF WORKERS.