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Jazz Critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD reviews Karl Denson''s new CD "Chunky Pecan Pie" (Minor Music).

NPR's Maria Hinojosa revisits a Cuban family she last saw boarding a makeshift raft headed towards the United States. Nine months later the family has settled in Miami, but they are far from happy with their new life.

Rock Critic, KEN TUCKER reviews country singer, Dwight Yoakam''s, first concert album, "Dwight Live."

HOST ALEX CHADWICK VISITS PANAMA, WHERE SCIENTISTS ARE DEVELOPING NEW TECHNIQUES FOR STUDYING THE FORESTS WITH LARGE-SCALE STUDY SITES, MORE THAN 100 ACRES, THAT ARE LEADING TO NEW INSIGHTS ABOUT HOW THESE COMPLEX ECOSYSTEMS WORK.

FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS THE CUBAN BAND LOS VAN VAN (lohs VAHN vahn) HAS PERFORMED SONGS THAT SLYLY CRITICIZE THE PITFALLS OF EVERYDAY CUBAN LIFE, WHILE CELEBRATING THAT CULTURE'S EXUBERANCE WITH A RHYTHM THAT IS IRRESISTABLE. THE BAND IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR ON THE ISLAND BECAUSE THE MUSICIANS ARE SINGING ABOUT THE LIVES OF THE WORKING PEOPLE WHO COME TO HEAR THEM. NPR'S JOHN BURNETT VISITED CUBA AND TALKED TO SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF LOS VAN VAN...AND SOME OF THEIR FANS.

Micahel talks with NPR's Anne Garrels about the vote of confidence by the Russian Parliament for President Boris Yeltsin today. The last time Yeltsin faced the Russian Parliament like this, tanks ended up on the streets of Moscow. This time the vote was over Yeltsin's handling of the Chechen crisis.

NPR'S JULIE McCARTHY REPORTS ON THE THE DEBATE NOW GOING ON IN JAPAN ON WHETHER PARLIAMENT OUGHT TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE NATION'S ROLE IN WORLD WAR II.

SPORTS: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT THE SUCCESS, THIS YEAR, OF BASEBALL'S CLEVELAND INDIANS. THE PERENNIAL LOSERS CURRENTLY HAVE THE BEST RECORD IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES.

Movie Critic, STEVEN SCHIFF reviews "Bridges of Madison County," starring Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep.

Jacki talks to NPR's Davis Welna about today's municipal and legislative elections in Haiti. It was the first vote in Haiti since the U.S. military intervened there last September.