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Danny speaks with Michael Dobbs of the Washington Post about confirmation that thousands of Bosnian Muslim men were massacred by Serbs last July when the Serb army overran the so-called safe haven of Srebrenica.

T.V. critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews two new shows this fall: "Murder One" which premieres on ABC tonight, and "American Gothic" on CBS Friday Night. REV. : Classical music critic LLOYD SCHWARTZ REV.S a new reissue of the original soundtrack for The Wizard of Oz, a 2-CD set that includes some music never used in the film. (

Composer PHILIP GLASS. His latest work is a new score for the 1946 Jean Cocteau film adaptation of "La Belle et la Bete" ("Beauty and the Beast"). GLASS' score includes four voices who sing a libretto, based on the screenplay. GLASS has toured the live music-film event in Europe and the United States. One reviewer called it "a beautiful, superbly integrated work." (Time, Dec. 19, 1994). (The score is available on Nonesuch Rec

NPR's Richard Harris reports that scientists think they may have discovered a planet, outside our solar system, orbiting around a star, much as the earth orbits around our sun. It would be the first-ever discovery of its kind.

Storyteller Carmen Didi shares another tale of her mother's finesse - this time with the English language.

Host Danny Zwerdling talks with Tom McMillen, co-chair of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. McMillen says that government has created an elite sports structure in America. He says the result is too much money for superstar athletes and not enough money for the average kid. Studies indicate that obesity is a major problem for children and teenagers in America - and it's getting worse.

Journalist EVAN THOMAS. He is Assistant Managing Editor and Washington Bureau Chief at Newsweek. His new book is The Very Best Men: Four Who Dared: The Early Years of the CIA (Simon & Schuster). In the book he tells about the men who ran the CIA's covert operations during the worst of the cold war years. THOMAS had access to the CIA's own records about their operations, and he interviewed many of the men involved. THOMAS was the only person to have such access to the CIA's archives. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE

Daniel talks to Timothy O'Brien, staff writer at the Wall Street Journal about a recent article covering a computer break-in at Citicorp, one of the largest banks in the country. A 28 year old computer hacker in St. Petersburg, Russia, allegedly broke into Citicorps and transfered over 12 million dollars from corporate accounts all over the world to his own account, $400,000 of which he was able to withdraw in cash before getting caught by Citicorps and the FBI.

Among the speakers at today's UN meeting was Cuba's Fidel Castro. It was Castro's first appearance at the UN since 1979, and NPR's Tom Gjelten has been following him around. Tom talks with Daniel about Castro's day.

WITH SANJAY MISHRA (SAHN'-JAY MEESH-RAH) ABOUT HIS NEW ALBUM "BLUE INCANTATION" ON WHICH HE COLLABORATED WITH THE LATE JERRY GARCIA. ("BLUE INCANTATION" ON RAINDOG RECORDS...TEL. 800-297-4856.)