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2: Cartoonist BILL GRIFFITH creator of "Zippy." GRIFFITH traveled to Cuba last fall which became the inspiration for "Cuba Uncovered", a month long series of strips on the Cuban situation. GRIFFITH created "Zippy" over 25 years ago and it is currently syndicated in over 200 newspapers. GRIFFITH is also one of the cartoonists interviewed in the new documentary, "CRUMB."

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Jacki speaks with NPR's Tom Goldman about prospects that the major league baseball season will begin on time tomorrow evening. Yesterday, a federal judge issued an injunction against the owners, prompting the players to offer to end their nearly eight-month old strike. Team owners will meet tomorrow to decide whether to go along with the players, or to lock them out.

On this April Fools Day, NPR science reporter Joe Palca has a story about a body of water called the The Firth of Forth, which runs through the Scottish city of Edinburgh, and a plan to use high-tech magnets to part the waters, the better to handle rush-hour traffic with.

Daniel talks to Ariel Bloch and Chana Bloch, who have retranslated one of the books of the Bible, the Song of Songs. Traditionally read during the Jewish festival of Passover, it is a passionate love poem that takes place during the spring.

Newspaper publisher CYNTHIA BROWN of American Police Beat. The newspaper's motto is to be "The voice of the Nation's Police Officers." The tabloid-style paper is written for and by cops and caters to their concerns. (The paper's address is P.O. BOX 382702, Cambridge, MA 02238-2702; Tel: 617-491-8878; FAX: 617-354

NPR'S DEBBIE ELLIOT REPORTS ON COMMUNITY POLICING IN NEW ORLEANS.

NPR'S TREVOR ROWE REPORTS FROM NEW YORK ON CONFLICTING U.N. DISCUSSIONS AIMED TO DETER SERB AGRESSION IN BOSNIA.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH TRUDY LIEBERMAN, SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE EDITOR FOR CONSUMER REPORTS MAGAZINE, ABOUT AN INVESTIGATION SHE PARTICIPATED IN REGARDING NURSING HOMES AROUND THE COUNTRY. THE FIRST OF THE FINDINGS APPEAR IN THIS MONTH'S ISSUE, AND THE SECOND AND THIRD PARTS OF THE MAGAZINE'S SERIES ON CARE FOR THE ELDERLY WILL APPEAR IN THE SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER ISSUES.