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Italian singer and songwriter Paolo Conte is a former lawyer from the small northern Italian town of Asti. He went from being an admirer of music to a musician in 1974 when he recorded his first album. He has since made a total of 11 albums.

JOHN GRISHAM cont'd.Rock Critic KEN TUCKER reviews "Earthling" the new album by David Bowie. 12:58:30 NEXT SHOW PROMO (:29) PROMO COPY On the next Fresh Air. . .JOHN GRISHAM. . . the popular writer of legal thrillers has a new novel, "The Partner." He'll talk with Terry Gross about his work and about the law cases that inspired him to write. That and more coming up on today's Fresh Air.

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The retailer's objection puts the settlement in serious doubt.

Retailers filed lawsuits against the credit card companies for placing restrictions on surcharges. The settlement eases those restrictions.

The Atlantic Coast Conference has cleared the way for Stanford, California and SMU to join the league next year, two people with direct knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Friday, providing a landing spot for two more teams from the disintegrating Pac-12.

SMU had no problems handling the jump to the Atlantic Coast Conference. Now the No. 8 Mustangs will look to complete an unbeaten run through the ACC in their inaugural season when they face perennial conference power Clemson on Saturday night in Charlotte.

The top local stories this evening from the KERA Newsroom:Nearly a quarter of Texas business owners are foreign born. These entrepreneurs bring in…

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports that President Clinton has taken the extraordinary step of barring the president of Colombia from traveling to the United States. The State Department said today that Mr. Clinton revoked President Ernesto Samper's (sam-PAIR) visa because the Colombian took money from drug traffickers and in exchange, pursued policies on their behalf. The State Department spokesman said the US will continue to work with Colombia's government in fighting drugs. Colombia is the source of most of the cocaine and much of the heroin consumed in the U-S.