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A VISIT TO THE PHILADELPHIA ZOO, WHICH IS MOURNING THE LOSS OF FRIENDS WHO DIED IN A FIRE IN THE PRIMATE HOUSE.

Last summer, we aired a documentary about a civil rights case brought against a small Cajun dancehall in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, called La Poussiere. The Justice department sued the facility for allegedly failing to admit a black patron, Zee Scott, who happened to be a Justice Department lawyer. Scott also sued. This week, the Justice Department settled its case against La Poussiere, which admitted the discrimination. The Justice Department also announced settlement of another race discrimination case involving another Louisiana restaurant. Danny talks about the cases with Devall Patrick, who heads the Justice Department's Civil Rights division.

NPR's Mara Liasson reports the U.S. is sending bomb-detecting equipment to Israel to help stop the wave of terrorist bombings. President Clinton announced the aid, saying the terrorists are trying to kill both innocent people and growing prospects for peace.

Commentator Andrea Bernstein (BERN-stine) has spent some time on the road, covering the campaign of Pat Buchanan. As an out lesbian, she was scared at the prospect of encountering the people who work for the candidate. She was surprised by whom she met.

In Brussels today, the European Commission proposed to the European councils of ministers that the name "feta" be reserved for cheese made in Greece. The proposal is controversial because Denmark is afraid that that such a law will hurt its feta sales. We spoke to an expert to find out why feta cheese is in a class of its own.

Candidate Lamar Alexander says he has fresh ideas while the other candidates don't. We'll listen to what he says about these fresh ideas, which include creating a military force to handle drugs and immigration, handing responsibility for welfare to local charities and allowing members of a new "citizen Congress" to hold other jobs.

We hear excerpts of stump speeches from Republican candidates Steve Forbes, Bob Dole and Pat Buchanan as they campaign on the eve of Tuesday's primaries.

The city's debt has reached 400-million-dollars. City buildings are running out of toilet paper, schools are without books, and when some police officers respond to emergency calls, they have to walk. Adding to the District's troubles, Congress has rejected the 1996 budget for a third time.

NEW YORK CITY'S DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION IS MAKING FORMAL TOURS AVAILABLE OF ITS FRESH KILLS LANDFILL ON STATEN ISLAND. SCOTT SIMON VISITED FRESH KILLS, THE WORLD'S LARGEST LANDFILL, IN 1987 AND OFFERS HIS OWN TOUR OF THE DUMP.

Commentator Katherine Kersten says that while corporations and even school districts are stressing diversity training, this emphasis on people's differences only separates people further. She argues it emphasizes steryotypes and encourages people to see each other as members of "groups" rather than as individuals.