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WEEKEND EDITION'S SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT GIVES HIS PREDICTIONS ON THIS WEEKEND'S NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYOFF GAMES.

SCOTT TALKS WITH PETER GURALNICK, AUTHOR OF "LAST TRAIN TO MEMPHIS--THE RISE OF ELVIS PRESLEY" (LITTLE BROWN). THE BOOK TRACES THE FIRST 24 YEARS OF PRESLEY'S LIFE.

NPR's John Greenberg reports on the changing relationship between Washington and statehouses. The republican-controlled Congress has promised states that it will reduce the number of mandates it imposes on states.

Daniel talks to James Rupert, a reporter for the Washington Post who has been travelling to the Chechen capital of Grozny. Rupert says that most of the people left living in the city are old. The young people have the money to flee to the countryside, but the stste pensions of the old people have been cut off and they have no way to get out of the city.

800-Autopsy - NPR's Mandalit Del Barco rides along with a man in Los Angeles who has his own freelance Autopsy business.

WEEKEND EDITION'S ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL REVIEWS THE MOVIE "HIGHER LEARNING" BY DIRECTOR JOHN SINGLETON.

HOST SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH FRANK J. TIPLER, AUTHOR OF "THE PHYSICS OF IMMORTALITY." DR. TIPLER IS A PHYSICIST WHO SAYS HE, AN ATHEIST, HAS SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN THE EXISTENCE OF GOD.

NPR'S ERIC WEINER REPORTS ON INDIA'S STRUGGLE TO CHANGE FROM A SOCIALIST ECONOMY TO A FREE-MARKET.

NPR's John Ydstie reports on the myths and realities of balancing the federal budget. Congress is currently debating whether to pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution.

SIMON/THE NATION: AMERICA'S OLDEST WEEKLY MAGAZINE CHANGED OWNERSHIP THIS WEEK. "THE NATION," FOUNDED IN 1865, WAS PURCHASED BY A GROUP HEADED BY THE MAGAZINE'S EDITOR, VICTOR NAVASKY. THE GROUP INCLUDES NOVELIST E.L. DOCTOROW AND ACTOR PAUL NEWMAN.