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NPR's Linda Gradstein reports on this weekend's egotiations between Israeli and Palestinian leaders regarding the 16-month-old alestinian rule that is extending beyond Gaza and Jericho to more of the West ank. After much wrangling, an agreement was signed this morning.

WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALKS ABOUT THE UNEXPECTED SUCCESS OF THE NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL TEAM.

Rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews. . .

Danny talks with writer Helena Maria Viramontes (Vee-rah-MOHN-tez) about her new novel, called "Under the Feet of Jesus" (Dutton). It focuses on a Mexican-American family that travels with the harvest in California .. picking oranges and peaches and grapes ... Viramontes says she wanted to recapture some of her own memories ... of the times when she and her parents worked in the fields.

WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT -- AND A SPECIAL GUEST -- TELL US WHY THE PENDING MOVE OF THE CLEVELAND BROWNS TO BALTIMORE LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER NEGATIVE WATERSHED IN MAJOR LEAGUE SPORTS.

NPR's John Greenberg reports that the White House and the Republican-controlled Congress continued flinging rhetoric at each other today, as a Monday night deadline looms ahead for the shutdown of the federal government. At issue is legislation extending the government's borrowing and spending authority. President Clinton says he will veto the legislation because the Republicans have attached riders affecting medicare and other programs. This piece examines what the fight is about.

Daniel talks with Bob Ward, author of "The Cactus Garden" (Pocket Books), a novel about U.S. Drug Enforcement Agents. Ward - who was a writer and producer for TV's "Hill Street Blues" and "Miami Vice" - researched his book by hanging out with undercover agents.

Marc Maure

Ronald Williams

NPR'S MICHAEL SKOLER REPORTS ON THE INTERNATIONAL OUTRAGE IN THE WAKE OF NIGERIA'S EXECUTION YESTERDAY OF NINE DISSIDENTS.

Jacki talks to Howard Mansfield about the history of traffic laws. Mansfield recently wrote an article on the subject in the Old Farmer's Almanac. He says most of the traffic rules that are in place today can be traced back to one man...William Eno...a wealthy New Yorker who was obsessed with devising ways to bring order to streets and highways in the U.S. and abroad in the early 1900s. He devised rules of the road ranging from speed limits, one way streets, and driving on the right to pavement markings, licensing drivers and traffic tickets.

LIANE HANSEN