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NPR's John Burnett reports on Texas Attorney General Dan Morales' order barring affirmative action by public colleges and universities. Colleges may not use race as a factor in admissions, scholarships or recruitment programs.

Noah talks with Dan Roth, who's a senior editor at Fortune Magazine about why the magazine voted The Container Store the best company to work for. It's the second year in a row the magazine has done so.

NPR's Dan Charles reports on a meteor shower that's anticipated early tomorrow morning. Although predictions have been notoriously unreliable, Sunday's shower could be the most spectacular in over 30 years.

NPR's Dan Charles reports on the death of Seymour Cray, who developed the supercomputer. These very powerful computers perform complex calculations used in predicting weather and building bombs. Cray died from injuries sustained in a car accident. He was 71.

DAN SCHORR SPEAKS WITH LLOYD CUTLER, FORMER SPECIAL COUNSEL TO PRESIDENT CLINTON, AND WITH JOSEPH diGENOVA, FORMER US ATTORNEY FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ABOUT THE CONFLICT BETWEEN PROTECTING CITIZENS AND PRESERVING THEIR RIGHTS TO PRIVACY.

SCOTT SPEAKS WITH PROFESSOR DAN KAHAN, OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SCHOOL OF LAW. PROFESSOR KAHAN SAYS THAT SHAME CAN BE USED AS AN EFFECTIVE TOOL TO DETER CRIME AND REHABILITATE CRIMINALS.

- Germany has the largest, most expensive and most efficient recycling program in the world. From Berlin, Dan Charles profiles the German system and says the country plans to expand it so that virtually all refuse will be recyled.

Former Democratic Representative Dan Rostenkowski of Illinois is one of 59 people President Clinton has decided to pardon. The former chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee pleaded guilty to mail fraud. David Schaper of WBEZ in Chicago reports.

NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Dan Gorin from Olney, Md. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station WETA in Washington, D.C.

Researchers hope to fight vitamin A deficiency in Uganda with genetically engineered bananas, as long as tests in Iowa go well.