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T.V. critic DAVID BIANCULLI tells us about the new TV season.

Stephen Adle

Brent Staple

AS THE UNITED NATIONS 50TH ANNIVERSARY APPROACHES, TREVOR ROWE ASSESSES THE U.N.'S ROLE IN ABATING THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS, PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA OF ECONOMIC AID TO POOR COUNTRIES.

JIM BELL, OF MEMBER STATION K-U-H-F IN HOUSTON, REPORTS ON THE TRIAL OF YOLANDA SALDIVAR (SAHL'-DEE-VAHR), THE WOMAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING THE TEJANO (TAY-HAH'-NOH) MUSIC SINGER SELENA. YESTERDAY, BOTH THE PROSECUTION AND DEFENSE RESTED THEIR CASE.

ALEX TALKS WITH WRITER JON MARGOLIS ABOUT HIS VISIT TO NORTH DAKOTA, A STATE THAT IS RAPIDLY DE-POPULATING AND WHICH MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE AUTHOR, THINK SHOULD PERHAPS DISAPPEAR. ALEX ALSO SPEAKS WITH THE GOVERNOR OF NORTH DAKOTA, WHO DISAGREES WITH THESE SENTIMENTS.

Reporter Claudio Sanchez takes a look at advocates of bills pending in Congress which would make English the official language of the United States. Supporters of the legislation say they are glad that the English-only issue is receiving a great deal of attention these days.

A new report released this week by the Census Bureau reports that the percentage of foreign-born people in the United Sates has reached the highest point since 1940. Jackie talks to Jeffery Passell, a demographer and one of the authors of the report who says that despite the conventional wisdom of the moment the data show that legal immigrants are likely to be highly educated and employed.

In Kankakee Illinois, two children were horribly murdered. In one case, the abduction of a 10 year old white boy caused an overwhelming community response. But, in the other case, that of a 13 year old black girl who had runaway from home, there was hardly a murmur from the citizens of Kankakee. Police Chief William Doster was struck by the different reactions and about his concern in the local paper. In his essay, Chief Doster wrote "the disease of racism has brought about the cancer of indifference". Jacki speaks with Chief Doster about his open letter to the community of Kankakee.

ENTERTAINMENT: HOST SUSAN STAMBERG AND OUR WEEKEND EDITION ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL TALK ABOUT TWO NEW CHILDREN'S FILMS..."A LITTLE PRINCESS" AND "BABE."