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The Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut is taking egal action to defend the state's public defenders. Pippin Ross of member tation W-F-C-R in Amherst, Massachusetts reports on the legal issues being aised to protest the poor working conditions imposed on the state-paid defense ttorneys.

NPR's Margot Adler reports on last night's vote for NAACP hairperson. Board chairman William Gibson, who has been accused of misspending he organization's money, was ousted by Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of slain ivil rights organizer Medgar Evars.

Host Liane Hansen discusses some of the topics in last week's ews with Baltimore Sun reporter Carl Cannon and David Corn, Washington editor or The Nation magazine. Topics include TORT reform, social security and its mpact on the balanced budget amendment, and welfare reform.

As cars become more and more high-tech, filled with omputer-controlled devices and sophisticated gadgetry, qualified mechanics with he knowledge to service them are harder to find. NPR's Don Gonyea reports on he push by big automakers to find trainees for the field.

Jennifer Ludden of member station WBUR in Boston reports on attempts by Massachusetts governor William Weld to limit the number of children eligible for a special education. Under the current system, nearly one in five of all school age children in Massachusetts qualify for such programs.

NPR's Isabel Alegria reports on a growth industry in Southern California... the proliferation of fake citizenship documents. Illegal immigrants are finding that for a fee, they can have someone make a fake Social Security card or birth certificate that says they are a legal U.S. citizen.

NPR's Martha Guild reports on a rather sad story. Last September Ann Barrett overdosed on antidepressants. When the police found her they also discovered a 400-page diary which they took for a suicide note. They confiscated it and to the despair of the family .. lost it.

NPR's Renee Montagne reports from Los Angeles on ecent developments in the O.J. Simpson murder trial. The prosecution is anxious o get the case to the jury within the next two weeks.

NPR'S MELISSA BLOCK REPORTS FROM NEW YORK THAT A "HERO'S WELCOME" HOMECOMING CELEBRATION PLANNED FOR MIKE TYSON NEXT TUESDAY IN HARLEM IS MEETING WITH INCREASING OPPOSITION FROM SOME RESIDENTS.

NPR'S MIKE SHUSTER REPORTS ON HOW LEGISLATION, WHICH HAS RECENTLY BEEN ADOPTED, IS AFFECTING AN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM DESIGNED TO DEAL WITH THOUSANDS OF VIETNAMESE BOAT-PEOPLE IN REFUGEE CAMPS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ASIA.