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In this country, health officials are concerned about a spike in the levels of HIV infection in San Francisco, a city that serves as a bellweather for AIDS in the U.S. Last year, the rate of new infections doubled, to 900 people, and while that's still much smaller than during the 1980s, epidemiologists fear a younger generation may not take the threat of AIDS as seriously. Sabin Russell of the San Francisco Chronicle talks to Jacki about the changes researchers are noticing in behavior and attitudes toward AIDS.

Weekend Edition essayist Robb Walsh investigates the various theories behind the shortage in this year's crawfish catch.

In the first of two reports on the current Supreme Court, NPR's Nina Totenberg reports on the Justices' increased propensity to strike down federal laws. This past term, the Supreme Court issued numerous rulings that affected the other two branches of the federal government. It struck down several major federal laws and invalidated the FDA's attempt to regulate tobacco as a drug. Some legal scholars see this as a return to earlier periods in the Court's history, when it more aggressively scrutinized federal laws and policies.

NPR's Ted Clark reports on the second day of the summit at Camp David where President Clinton continues talks with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders, seeking a final peace agreement.

A New Jersey company is taking advertising to an new level -- advertising on sand. If you have the cash, Beach 'n Billboard will stamp your ad into freshly dragged beach sand with a special machine. Linda talkswith the machine's inventor and president of the company, Patrick Dori.

From member station KJZZ, Mark Moran reports that the Major League baseball season resumes tomorrow following the All-Star break and batters are on pace to hit more home runs than in any season ever. But in a handful of cities, a few pitchers have found a way to keep the ball in the park and their teams at the top.

NPR's Richard Harris reports that a small company in North Carolina is pioneering a new approach in its attempt to develop a vaccine against AIDS. Scientists have tapped public money and a charity, as well as venture capital, to move an intriguing idea from the laboratory toward the marketplace. Untraditional approaches like this seem to be needed to surmount the many technical and practical difficulties in developing an AIDS vaccine.

Yugoslavian-born writer ALEKSANDER HEMON (HEY-men). Hemon was born in Sarajevo in 1964. While in his early 20s, he came to the United States as a tourist. On the day he was supposed to return to Sarajevo, his home city came under siege. He was forced to stay in the US. Hemon then began working on his English and now writes in English, even though it is not his first language. His first book is a collection of stories called –The Question of Bruno— (Nan A. Talese/ Doubleday).12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:

President Biden announced a reset of his plan to tackle the pandemic, with tougher new vaccine rules for federal workers and contractors and more testing.

NPR host Steve Inskeep visits Torkham, a major border crossing wedged between Pakistan and Afghanistan, to explore who is and isn't able to pass through now that the Taliban are back in power.