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Daniel talks with NPR's Sylvia Poggioli, who's in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, about the latest development in the long Bosnian war. Serb forces have pulled back from the Muslim enclave of Bihac after Croatia's army threatened the Croatian Serb stronghold of Krajina.

Daniel talks with physicist Andrew Fracknoy (FRAK-noy)...about the discovery of a belt of comets on the edge of our solar system comprised of 200-million chunks of ice. The discovery was announced this week at an annual meeting of astronomers.

Soul Musician ISAAC HAYES. He is a renowned soul musician, who rose to the top of the charts in the 1970's on the Stax label, a soul record label. HAYES released his first solo album, "Presenting Isaac Hayes," in 1968. His next album, "Hot Buttered Soul," became a gold record in the 1970's. His 1972 soundtrack to the movie "Shaft," went platinum and won an Oscar for "Theme From Shaft." HAYES is also an actor, who has held roles in the movies "Robin Hood: Men in Tights," "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka," and "Posse." He was in the Nicholas Cage movie, "It Could Happen to You." It's been seven years since he's released any new albums. Now he has two new releases: "Branded," (a vocal album) and "Raw & Refined" (an instrumental.) (REBROADCAST from

2: Writer CATHLEEN SCHINE. She has a new book The Love Letter (Houghton Mifflin). SCHINE has written three previous novels: Alice in Bed, To the Bird House, and Rameau's Niece. She has also written for the New York Times Book Review, Vogue, and the Village Voice.

SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

Book Critic, MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews the new book The Price of a Child (Knopf) by Lorene Cary.

The PUZZLE INTERNET ADDRESS is puzzle@npr.org.

Michael talks to Peter Samuel who recently wrote a paper for the Cato Institute entitled "Highway aggravation...the case for privatizing the highways." Samuel argues that if roads were turned over to private companies they would be both better maintained and less congested.

DR. JONAS SALK, WHO DEVELOPED THE POLIO VACCINE IN 1952, DIED LAST NIGHT AT THE AGE OF 80.

ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF POET AND ETYMOLOGIST JOHN CIARDI, WHO DIED IN 1986 AT THE AGE OF 69, WE HEAR A MORNING EDITION COMMENTARY BROADCAST IN APRIL, 1983 BY NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO'S "MAN ABOUT WORDS."

NPR's Renee Montagne reports from Los Angeles on ecent developments in the O.J. Simpson murder trial. The prosecution is anxious o get the case to the jury within the next two weeks.

2: Mystery writer WALTER MOSLEY. He is known for his series about gumshoe hero Easy Rawlins. Mosley gained public attention when then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton said that Mosley was his favorite mystery writer. His new book R.L.'s Dream will be released in August.Probation officer for Los Angeles County. JIM GALIPEAU. He works with gangs and older gang members in Los Angeles. Galipeau has been a probation officer for over 27 years. He's a Vietnam vet and when he was a teenager he was a street fighter and drug addict.