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Daniel talks to Arnold Greenberg, owner of the Left Bank Bakery and Cafe in Blue Hill, Maine. Greenberg wants to give up his business to someone who will really care for it, so he is asking prospective proprietors to send him an essay that describes their reasons for wanting to run the business and $100. He will use the money to pay off the mortgage. Interested parties can write to him at the Left Bank Bakery and Cafe, Blue Hill, Maine 04614

We hear an extended excerpt from a press conference given today by Air Force captain Scott O'Grady. O'Grady, who was shot down last week over Bosnia, detailed how he eluded capture by Bosnian Serbs until US marines rescued him Thursday.

NPR's Joanne Silburner reports on the strategies health care lobbyists are using on Capitol Hill to influence health care legislation. While last year's health care debate focused on totally revamping the system, this year's debate is revolving around cutting costs.

SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH REPORTER KEN DERMOTA (der-MOTT-a) IN BOGOTA, COLOMIBA, ABOUT YESTERDAY'S ARREST OF THE HEAD OF THE CALI DRUG CARTEL, GILBERTO ROGRIGUEZ OREJUELA, AND WHAT IT MEANS BOTH FOR THE CARTEL AND THE LARGER WAR ON DRUGS.

SPORTS: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT DISTRESSING NEWS THAT YANKEE GREAT MICKEY MANTLE NEEDED A LIVER TRANSPLANT.

WEEKEND EDITION'S WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH ANDY ROONEY, CBS TELEVISION COMMENTATOR, ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK "MY WAR," PUBLISHED BY TIMES BOOK, IN WHICH HE RECALLS HIS YEARS AS A CORRESPONDENT DURING WORLD WAR II FOR THE STARS AND STRIPES.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH PAUL GOLDBERGER, CHIEF ARCHITECTURAL CORRESPONDENT FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES, WHO RECENTLY VISITED BERLIN AND FOUND THAT 50 YEARS AFTER THAT CITY SURRENDERED TO THE ALLIES AND 5 YEARS AFTER THE BERLIN WALL CAME DOWN, THERE STILL IS A HOLE IN THE ARCHITECTURAL HEART OF BERLIN.

Guitarist Les Paul's 80th birthday is celebrated by featuring our 1992 interview with him. Les Paul has spent his life playing guitar, inventing guitars to play, and inventing devices to record himself on. He's often been called the "Thomas Edison of music."

SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

Many real estate agents agree that if you are looking to purchase a house right now..its a great time ...prices are relatively low and there are many of them.. And as Nina Teicholtz reports even the mortagage companies are trying to make it easier to buy a house right now...