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SIMON/SAILING: SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH BUDDY MELGES, A FORMER GOLD MEDAL OLYMPIC SAILOR AND A FORMER AMERICA'S CUP WINNER, ABOUT THE CHEVROLET STADIUM SAILING CHAMPIONSHIPS...SAILING RACES HELD IN INDOOR SWIMMING POOLS.

THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN OKLAHOMA CITY IS WHERE FAMILIES OF THE PEOPLE MISSING IN THE BOMBING WAIT TO BE NOTIFIED. SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH DR. DAN NELSON, CHILD PSYCHIATRIST AND COORDINATOR FOR ALL THE ACTIVITY AT THE SIT.

Daniel talks with NPR's Cheryl Devall in Oklahoma City, Don Gonyea in Detroit and Martha Raddatz in Washington D.C. They discuss the memorial service held today at the Oklahoma State Fair Arena attended by many people including the Clintons and the Reverend Billy what happend today in the aftermath of the bombing in Oklahoma City.

NPR's John McChesney reports on wildfire, an automated phone system which unlike voicemail will be able to find you anywhere in the country.

Daniel talks with Mark Kincaid who until recently worked for the Texas Office of Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC) - an independant state agency that monitors how insurance companies operate. OPIC recently conducted a survey of insurers doing business in Texas on those companies confidential underwriting guidelines. In many cases, Kincaid says, insurance companies will disqualify applicants for seemingly groundless reasons, such as working in casinos or beauty parlors.

ONCE WERE WARRIORS director LEE TAMAHORI (TOM-a-hore-ee) and it's star RENA(Rain-a) OWEN. This critically acclaimed new film takes a front-line look at an urban Maori(MOW-er-ee) family plagued by poverty, violence and alcoholism. The movie recently became the top grossing film in New Zealand history

2: DR. JODY HEYMAN, physician, and author of the new book Equal Partners: A Physicians Call for a New Spirit of Medicine (Little, Brown & Co.) She chronicles her own story of turning from physician to patient overnight after suffering a seizure and consequent brain surgeries. The extremes of care she received revolutionized her perception of a physicians role in patient treatment.

Actor Chazz Palminteri was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Woody Allen's film "Bullets over Broadway."

NPR'S JULIE McCARTHY REPORTS FROM TOKYO ON THE LATEST ON EFFORTS BY JAPANESE POLICE TO FIND THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONDAY'S LETHAL GAS ATTACK ON TOKYO SUBWAYS.

Linguist GEOFFREY NUNBERG looks at how some proper nouns, lose their capital letter status, but in exchange gain a coveted slot as common nouns.