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* Thursday, 7 p.m: Famed travel author and columnist Arthur Frommer answers your travel questions. Keyword: Centerstage

* Tuesday, 7 p.m: Comedian and actress Rosie O’Donnell appears in an on-line conference. Keyword: Oldsmobile

CompuServe

* Sunday, 5 p.m: Take a behind-the-scenes peek at the 47th Annual Emmy Awards in a special on-line chat. Go CONVENTION

Prodigy/TimesLink

* Tuesday, 7 p.m: Television personality and musician John Tesh in Prodigy on-line chat. Jump: CHAT

Internet

* Looking for an easy way to find and download software on the Internet? Try the Virtual Software Library, where you can search through an index of more than 120,000 shareware and freeware programs at https://vsl.cnet.com/.

For some provocative wildlife pictures, check out the Photo Perspectives Museum’s on-line exhibit, Survivors: A New Vision of Endangered Wildlife, at https://www.i3tele.com/photoperspectives. The museum has two other exhibits--one on the former Yugoslavia and the other on ballet.

Sources: Times, wire and company reports