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TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI looks at television coverage of the O.J. SImpson trial.

STEVEN LEVY is an expert on computer technology, a Fellow of the Freedom Forum Media Studies Center in New York, and a columnist for the magazine "Macworld." His new book is , "Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer that Changed Everything." (Penguin).REV.Commentator GERALD EARLY reflects on the black middle class.

Craig speaks with military sociologist David Burrelli about the longstanding rule prohibiting the use of umbrellas by men in the U.S. Army and Marine Corps (women are allowed to use umbrellas). Some in the Army are trying to change this rule. Burrelli is a Specialist in National Defense at The Congressional Research Service (CRS/Library of Congress). In this capacity he studies military personnel issues.

In 1989, the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola was "under a state of emergency." In early 1990, Warden John P. Whitely was hired. During his five-year tenure, Whitely helped turn the prison around, garnering national and international attention. He also gained the affection of inmates, who recently hosted a farewell dinner in honor of the departing warden. NPR's Terry Gross speaks with special correspondent Wilbert Rideau, editor-in-chief of the award-winning prison magazine The Angolite and an inmate at the penitentiary.

HOST SUSAN STAMBERG SPEAKS WITH 63-YEAR-OLD ROSANNA DELLA CORTE ABOUT HER DECISION TO TRY FOR ANOTHER CHILD. LAST YEAR, AT THE AGE OF 62, SHE BECAME THE WORLD'S OLDEST WOMAN TO GIVE BIRTH.

Jacki talks to Marin Hopper, a fashion editor at Elle magazine, about the return of the spike heel. Hopper says that very high heels are very flattering to the leg and are very glamorous, but they take a lot of energy to wear and can be bad for your feet.

TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI previews tonight''s episode of "Mad About You."

THIS WEEK, ON VALENTINE'S DAY, AFTER BEING OFFICIALLY IGNORED BY BRITAIN'S LITERARY ESTABLISHMENT FOR NEARLY A CENTURY, OSCAR WILDE WAS HONORED WITH A PLACE IN THE POET'S CORNER IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY...ONE HUNDRED YEARS TO THE DAY AFTER THE PREMIRE OF HIS GREATEST PLAY, "THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST." THE IRISH POET, PLAYWRIGHT AND NOVELIST SCANDALIZED 19TH CENTURY BRITAIN BECAUSE OF HIS HOMOSEXUALITY. NPR'S MICHAEL GOLDFARB ATTENDED THE CEREMONY.

NPR's movie critic, Bob Mondello, reviews the little-noticed movie about the troubled marriage of poet T.S. Eliot and his wife, Vivian. It's already garnered two Oscar nominations.

NPR'S JOANNE SILBERNER REPORTS THAT PRESIDENT CLINTON'S NOMINATION OF DR. HENRY FOSTER, AN OBSTETRICIAN/GYNECOLOGIST AND FORMER HEAD OF MEHARRY (meh-HARRY) MEDICAL COLLEGE IN TENNESSEE, TO THE POSITION OF U.S. SURGEON GENERAL MAY BE IN QUESTION BECAUSE OF THE NEWS THAT HE HAS PERFORMED ABORTIONS.