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Ingrid Lobet of member station KPLU in Seattle reports on the remarkable success story of Magic, a new card game that's set a trend in the hobby game market. A mixture of dungeons and dragons fantasy, fancy artwork and Byzantine rules in the form of playing cards, Magic has made its makers rich and created a subculture of avid players/collectors with a language all their own.

Commentator Mickey Edwards says President Clinton's State of the Union Address proved that the Republicans have won! He posits that when a Democratic president stands before the nation and declares that big government is dead and Democrats stand to applaud, it's clear that the Republican call for less government has been heard and adopted by anyone seeking to lead this country.

3: Actor BILL PULLMAN. He taught drama at the University of Montana, where he rose to department head at age 27. PULLMAN later made his acting debut in "Ruthless People." In 1995 he was featured in the films, "Casper," "While You Were Sleeping," and "The Last Seduction." He's now starring in "Mr. Wrong." (REBROADCAST from 6

Jennifer Griffin reports from Pakistan on the civil war has turned the city of Karachi into a war zone. In the past day, 11 members of the antigovernment organization, MQM, were killed in clashes with police, adding to the toll that has left some 2,000 police and activists dead.

SIMON/RON: SCOTT AND RON TALK ABOUT THE TOP TWO MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL TEAMS IN THE COUNTRY: THE MINUTEMEN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND THE WILDCATS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY.

SCOTT TALKS ABOUT THE LIFE OF A FIREFIGHTER AFTER ANOTHER DEATH THIS WEEK IN THE NEW YORK CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Noah talks with Jean Hite, mayor of Marlinton, West Virginia. West Virginia was one of the mid-Atlantic states hit hard by recent flooding, and Ms. Hite says flood damage in her area is much worse than originally thought.

surrounding blood-pressure drugs known as calcium-channel blockers. Studies have shown that, in some patients, the drug may be harmful. A panel of experts says the newer versions of the drug are safe, but caution against older versions.

The latest on the bombing today in East London. We hear from a eyewitness who was on sight.

2: Inventor and the man called "the greatest marketer/salesman of the television era," RON POPEIL (Po-PEEL). He's sold everything from the Veg-O-Matic to the Pocket Fisherman on television, amassing over one billion dollars in sales. He's written a new book about how he did it, Ron Popeil: The Salesman of the Century, (Delacorte Press, with Jefferson Graham).