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THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS SHUT DOWN AGAIN. REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS AND THE PRESIDENT, ONCE AGAIN, HAVE FAILED TO MEET A MIDNIGHT DEADLINE TO AGREE ON A BUDGET REDUCTION PLAN. NPR'S BRIAN NAYLOR REPORTS.

VARIETY AT 90: THE ENTERTAINMENT TRADE PUBLICATION TURNS 90 TODAY. SCOTT SPEAKS WITH EDITORIAL DIRECTOR PETER BART ABOUT THE MAGAZINE THAT CREATED A "BOFFO" VOCABULARY OF ITS OWN.

NPR'S DAVID WELNA SETS UP TOMORROW'S ELECTION IN HAITI, WHERE THE CANDIDATE OF PRESIDENT JEAN-BERTRAND ARISTIDE'S LAVALAS MOVEMENT IS, NOT SURPRISINGLY, THE OVERWHELMING FAVORITE -- BUT WHERE OTHER PROBLEMS, INCLUDING RESENTMENT OF THE U.S., ARE AN UNDERCURRENT TO THE CAMPAIGN.

" SCOTT SPEAKS WITH ANANT SINGH, THE SOUTH AFRICAN PRODUCER OF A NEW FILM ADAPTATION OF THE CLASSIC NOVEL OF SOUTH AFRICA BY ALAN PATON.

Scottish percussionist EVELYN GLENNIE. She's one of the world's few classical percussion soloists. And she plays with orchestras worldwide. But instead of hearing the music, she feels it. GLENNIE is deaf, and has been since the age of 12. She's made several solo albums, and several years ago wrote her autobiography, Good Vibrations (Hutchison Publishers, London). GLENNIE performs at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia Dec 15 a

Poet Jack Perletsky offers his own thoughts about a special breed of bird: The Flying Hot Dog.

NPR's Richard Harris reports that today was the final day for official comments on a proposal by the Food and Drug Administration to regulate cigarettes. Accordingly, the tobacco industry held a news conference to outline its opposition to the regulations, while anti-smoking groups reiterated their support.

We continue our four-part series about the Balkan Conflict. In part three... the rise of nationalism in Croatia from independence to war. Noah talks to Brian Hall, author of "The Impossible Country," about Croatia's break from the former Yugoslavia and Dr. Franjo (Fran-yo) Tujdman's (TUGE-mans) rise to the presidency. Mr. Hall describes the longstanding resentment Croats have had for the Serbs, and the threat Croat nationalist symbols played in provoking the conflict.

N-P-R's David Molpus reports on the mechanisms and machinations that exist in offices to decide who -- if anyone -- has to work on holidays. It used to be a simple system of seniority. That doesn't work anymore.

Interview with TENDZIN CHOEGYAL continued.

Poet MARK DOTY's newest book of poems called Atlantis reflects back on the life and death of his longtime lover who died of AIDS last year. His last collection, My Alexandria (University of Illinois Press). won the 1994 National Book Critics Circle award.

MICHAEL DENNENEY is currently an editor at Crown Publishers. He worked with many gay authors in his 17 years at St. Martins Press, where he had his own imprint, Stonewall Editions. Poet DAVID TRINIDAD. His latest book is Answer Song (High Risk). He's edited a forthcoming volume of selected poems by Tim Dugos. It is expected out in Spring of 1996. Dugos died of AIDS in