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WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT -- AND A SPECIAL GUEST -- TELL US WHY THE PENDING MOVE OF THE CLEVELAND BROWNS TO BALTIMORE LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER NEGATIVE WATERSHED IN MAJOR LEAGUE SPORTS.

NPR'S MICHAEL SKOLER REPORTS ON THE INTERNATIONAL OUTRAGE IN THE WAKE OF NIGERIA'S EXECUTION YESTERDAY OF NINE DISSIDENTS.

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NPR's Howard Berkes reports efforts to save the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah which have been shrinking for the past several years. Nearly every land speed record has been set there, and racing enthusiasts and a nearby factory have developed a scheme to replenish the salt on the flats.

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Film Critic Stephen Schiff reviews "Casino."

The 'surbahar' is a bass cousin of the Indian musical instrument the sitar. Jacki talks with Shuba Shankarin who is one of, if not the only woman in the world who performs this instrument on stage... She brought the surbahar into our studio at NPR for a demonstration.

WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALKS ABOUT THE UNEXPECTED SUCCESS OF THE NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL TEAM.

Daniel talks with Karen Schwab of Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital about how it's started offering hotel service to family members of patients who are critically ill. The rooms cost $150 dollars a night and offer amenities such as the New York Times each morning, cable TV service, and high tea in the afternoon.

Critic MILO MILES reviews "Blues, Rags, and Hollers," a reissue of a 1963 debut album of Koerner, Ray, and Glover (Red House Records Elektra).