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After John Travolta messed up Idina Menzel's name at the Oscars, Slate.com came up with widget that will figure out your "Travoltified" name. Enter a name. It spits out a mangled moniker.

Liane talks to Ugandan musician Samite Mulondo about his new CD Stars to Share. Samite fled Uganda in the 1980s after one of his brothers was tortured and killed by government forces. He now lives in the United States, but has returned to Africa in the past few years, visiting refugee camps across the continent, sharing his music but also learning about music from refugees. (Stars to Share Windham Hill 01934 11426-2. Listeners may also go to http://www.samite.com)

Liane Hansen speaks with Maine-based singer/songwriter Carol Noonan. She's just released a CD single calledA Song from Harry, written in tribute to fishermen Harry Ross, Sr. and Larry Rich, who died at sea on January 25th of this year. A portion of the proceeds from the CD will go to help New England fishing families who've been struck by tragic circumstance. The CD is available from www.carolnoonanmusic.com.

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Linda speaks with Preston Gralla, executive editor for the Downloads area of ZDNet's Website, about how to read electronic books. They compare the Palm Pilot, Compaq's new IPAC handheld, and the Rocket e-book reader. The Rocket reader is soon to be replaced by a new generation of e-book reading devices manufactured by RCA. Gralla says that now might not be the right time to buy the devices. (8:00) The ZDNet Website can be found athttp://www.zdnet.com

Host Lisa Simeone talks to Robert Lind about his bumper sticker campaign against sports utility vehicles. Lind produces and places bumper stickers on SUVs which encourage owners to switch to smaller vehicles that are more environmentally friendly. He has a website called Changing the Climate.com, which SUV owners can visit to learn more about his campaign to get gas guzzlers off America's highways.

The list of the Top Ten jury verdicts of 2000 is out. The annual list is compiled by Lawyers Weekly USA. The suits range from class-action type suits against drug dealers to inheritance disputes. Robert talks with Tom Harrison, the publisher of Lawyers Weekly USA, about some of the jury verdicts and how much was awarded. (4:30) Find out more at: www.LawyersWeeklyUSA.com .

Actress JOAN CUSACK. She has received two best supporting actress Oscar nominations -- in 1988 for her role in Working Girl, and in 1997 for her role in In and Out. Her other movies include Broadcast News, Grosse Pointe Blank, Arlington Road, The Cradle Will Rock, Runaway Bride, and High Fidelity, based on the novel by Nick Hornby. She has a new sit com on ABC called "What About Joan." It airs Tuesday nights.

Music commentator Marika Partridge reports on singer Pat Humphries and an extraordinary song. Humphries isn't well-known outside folk music circles, but "Swimming to the Other Side" is becoming something of an underground anthem. Listen to three versions of the song online, and hear what Humphries fan Pete Seeger has to say about it. (10:00) The song is on a CD called Hands, and Pat's website is www.pathumphries.com.

In the past eight months, a video of a young guitarist playing a modern version of Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D Major has become a sensation on the Internet. The video has been viewed on YouTube.com more than 7.6 million times -- but nobody knew the identity of the guitarist. Recently, that changed.