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2: Singer TONY BENNETT, winner of two Grammy awards at Wednesday night's Grammy ceremony. He has won four other Grammys in his career, which spans four decades. He has been called "the best singer in the business" by Frank Sinatra, and "the best singer I've ever heard" by Bing Crosby. BENNETT's recent award-winning album is "Tony Bennett - Unplugged," recorded for "MTV Unplugged" in 1994. (Columbia) (REBROADCAST FROM 7

Danny speaks with NPR's Elizabeth Arnold about President Bill Clinton's meeting today with governors. They met to discuss welfare, childrens issues and unfunded mandates.

ROOSEVELT: MARCH 4TH USED TO BE INAUGURATION DAY AND 62 YEARS AGO TODAY, FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT DELIVERED HIS FIRST INAUGURATION SPEECH WHICH WAS BROADCAST OVER THE RADIO. WE HEAR SOME OF IT.

Mark Roberts reports on a new survey issued by the National Transportation Safety Board which says that fatigue contributes to as many as 40 percent of truck accidents on the nation's interstate highways.

Film critic Bob Mondello takes a look at how American cinema has typically portrayed gays and lesbians as maniacs or perverts. But Mondello reports that gradually those negative stereotypes are changing and in the next year, there will be several films with prominent gay characters in less stereotypical roles.

FROM MEXICO CITY, NPR'S DAVID WELNA REPORTS ON NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN TWO HI PROFILE POLITICAL MURDER CASES, AND HOW THEY HAVE AFFECTED THAT COUNTRY'S AILING ECONOMY.

With block grants being the new mantra for how to allocate federal dollars, NPR's Jon Greenberg profiles a community in Baltimore that went from burned out buildings to a revitalized neighborhood with the block grant scheme.

Daniel visits 84-year old identical twins who teach physics at the University of Maryland. The Slawsky brothers, Mitch and Zack, talk about their eight decades together.

NPR's Anne Garrels visited several villages in the southern part of the breakaway Russian republic of Chechnya and reports that residents are divided as to whether to continue fighting Russian troops. The Russians have occupied the capitol Grozny for several weeks.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH MICHELLE LOVRIC WHO COMPILED A BOOK OF OLD LOVE LETTERS FROM FAMOUS PEOPLE TITLED "LOVE LETTERS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF PASSION," PUBLISHED BY MARLOWE & CO.