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SOVIET SPACE MEMORABILIA AUCTION: SCOTT TALKS WITH JAMES OBERG, A SPACE ENGINEER, ABOUT RECENTLY RELEASED NOTES THAT REVEAL THAT YURI GAGARIN'S FIRST SPACE FLIGHT HAD SERIOUS PROBLEMS. (5:00) (James Oberg is the author of "Red Star in Orbit" and "Uncovering Soviet Disasters" which are both published by Random H

WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT HAS SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION'S SUSPENSION THIS WEEK OF MAHMOUD ABDUL-RAUF, THE DENVER NUGGETS PLAYER WHO REFUSED TO STAND UP FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. THE SUSPENSION HAS BEEN LIFTED, BUT QUESTIONS REMAIN.

Linda speaks with Oliver "Buck" Revell, a former deputy director of the FBI, about how the Islamic extremist organization Hamas raises funds in the United States. Revell, now a private security consultant, says Hamas, using numerous front organizations, have been highly successful in raising funds in the United States and that some of money reaches the organization's military wing.

NPR'S JOANNE SILBERNER REPORTS ON THE FIRST SETTLEMENT BY A TOBACCO COMPANY IN LAWSUITS OVER CIGARETTES.

Noah Adams speaks with Richard Rapaport who visited the military operation in Bosnia to see what high tech gear is being employed in that peacekeeping effort. Commanders can receive video from practically anywhere there are soldiers deployed in the field. And a huge remote controlled tank is used to detonate mines.

Commentator Mickey Edwards says what you wear could really tell the world who you are and what you think. He wonders if the juror at the Whitewater trial who dressed in a Star Trek uniform everyday might have been offering a social commentary by suggesting we all should should dress differently.

Today is the Ides of March. To mark it, we read from Shakespeare's tragedy, "Julius Ceasar," in which Brutus eulogizes the man he helped murder.

New York primary and the virtual certainty that he will be the Republican Presidential candidate in November. Dole won all 93 of New York State's delegates to the national convention and now has more than a third of the number needed to assure him the nomination. Last night, he was campaigning in Florida, which along with Texas and other states, will hold "Super Tuesday" primaries next week.

SUSAN VISITS EDNA'S IN CHICAGO, AN HISTORIC LANDMARK OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.