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B-B Bing - Susan reflects on the singing of Bing Crosby, whose song 'White Christmas' remains one of the most popular tunes of the holiday season. In the '20's and 30's Crosby was the first performer to incorporate jazz techniques into his singing. He later became the first singer to have his own radio program.

Smog season in Los Angeles, where the air is dirtier than in any other city, is approaching. But as NPR's Mandalit DelBarco reports, L.A. has achieved huge reductions in air pollution over the past two decades, despite the city's reputation for lung-searing smog. Though new kinds of gas, cleaner industry and better cars are part of the solution, lots of little things have helped as well--like cleaner backyard barbecues.

SPORTS: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT THIS FINAL WEEKEND OF BASEBALL'S REGULAR SEASON, THE WILD-CARD POSSIBILITIES, AND THE NEW FOUR-TEAMS-PER-LEAGUE PLAYOFFS THAT BEGIN NEXT WEEK.

SPORTS: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT INCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK THAT ILLUSTRATE WHAT IS GOOD AND BAD ABOUT THE 1995 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SEASON.

Commentator Murray Horwitz tells what it was like yesterday at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinatti when umpire John McSherry collapsed and died at the opening game of the baseball season. Horwitz had attended ball games with his parents in Cincinatti - and was taking his teenager daughter. McSherry, who was 51 years old, suffered sudden cardiac death. The game was delayed to today; Horwitz described the atmosphere there and the matter of fact way his daughter described it afterwards.

Dan O'Connell used to watch Magic Johnson play basketball during his college days in Michigan. For O'Connell, who is also HIV-positive, it's a thrill to see him back on the court again following his four-and-a-half season absence from NBA.

Critics have praised the building and mostly panned the exhibitions. Do they not get it? Or is the museum just not intended for them? Is there another way to present history and culture in a museum? The National Museum of the American Indian nears its first anniversary.

James Cannon is the author of Apostle Paul: A Novel of the Man Who Brought Christianity to the Western World. He discusses his fictional take on the important historical figure with Scott Simon.

Tim Kehoe spent 11 years on a mission to create bubbles that retain a rich, solid color and don't stain when they pop. The result: colored bubbles being marketed as Zubbles, due to be available in spring of 2006. Renee Montagne talks with Kehoe.

ENTERTAINMENT: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL TALK ABOUT ONE OF THE MOST CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED TELEVISION SHOWS, HBO'S THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW, WHICH BEGINS ITS FOURTH SEASON NEXT WEEK.