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San Francisco based Wells Fargo won its three-month effort to takeover another California based bank today. First Interstate agreed to be acquired in a stock transaction valued at $11.6 billion. If the deal is approved by regulators it will be the largest merger in U.S. banking history. The deal is expected to eliminate as many as 7,000 jobs, half of them in the Los Angeles area, as hundreds of First Intersate branches are closed.

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

THE PEACE CORPS TURNED 35 YESTERDAY. WE HEAR A READING FROM A FORMER PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER ABOUT HER YEARS OF SERVICE IN COLOMBIA IN THE '60'S. 6:45 (to order a copy of "At Home In The World: The Peace Corps Story --- here's the Peace Corps 800 number 1-800-424-8580, then pr

John Irving's immense 1985 novel, "The Ciderhouse Rules," has become an equally immense play. It's being presented in two parts by Seattle Repertory Theatre. Part One, premiering tonight (Wed. 3/6) in Seattle, runs almost four hours. It requires seventeen actors playing multiple roles and two directors. One of them is noted actor Tom Hulce.

Community organizations, labor unions, and individuals from throughout the Hudson Valley and the Capital Region are coming together this evening to mark…

A man in Japan wanted to make it into the Guinness book of world records. He considered trying to drink the most hot sauce, but settled on a spikier record. His hairdo — a mohawk — stands 3 feet, 8.6 inches high.

Whit Stillman is the writer, director and producer of the film The Last Days of Disco which portrayed the disco scene in New York in late 1970's to the early 1980's. Stillman also wrote and directed the films Metropolitan and Barcelona. His new book is a novel which follows the action of his disco film, The Last Days of Disco with Cocktails at Petrossian Afterwards (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). (REBROADCAST from 6

Director and Actor Ron Howard. As a child he played Opie on the Andy Griffith show, and later Richie on Happy Days. He made his directorial debut in 1978 with Grand Theft Auto, he's also become one of the most prominent film directors in Hollywood.....with movies like Splash, Cocoon, Parenthood, Far And Away and The Paper and Apollo 13. (REBROADCAST FROM 6

WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock considers a vote set by the House subcommittee investigating the January 6 insurrection to recommend criminal contempt charges against former White House aide Steve Bannon after he defied the panel’s subpoena and more.

WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses President Joe Biden's agreement to a request from Congress seeking sensitive information on the actions of former President Donald Trump and his aides during the Jan. 6 insurrection and more: