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Liane Hansen speaks with Mike Phillips, head of the Gray Wolf estoration program in Yellowstone Park. One of the wolves was shot by park fficials this past week, but Phillips says this does not indicate a failure of he program.

The massive coastal fortresses that served as slave trading posts during the 16th to the 18th centuries have become the backbone of Ghana's tourism industry. Jennifer Ludden reports that for many African Americans, visiting the forts is a highly emotional experience. Some are coming away from the official tours both angry and disappointed by the seemingly casual attitude shown by their Ghanain guides to a painful chapter of their history.

John Testrake, the TWA pilot who demonstrated extraordinary cool when his Flight 847 was hijacked to Beirut in 1985, has died of cancer at the age of 68.

Harriet Baskas takes us on visit to the extraordinary rock garden that Milton Walker started in his Seattle back yard back in the 1950s. He worked on it for more than 30 years, and today it's an acknowledged national landmark. This isn't your average backyard rock garden. We're talking about massive concrete walls inlaid with semi-precious stones and glass, minature mountain ranges and lakes, and a twenty foot high tower.

Alan Cheuse reviews Mario Vargas Lllosa's new book "Death in the Andes". It's a political detective story set in his native country of Peru. (published by Farrar, Straus, Giroux)

JULIUS KNIPL, REAL ESTATE PHOTOGRAPHER, AND SOME FRIENDS PURSUE THEIR FAVORITE MID-WINTER MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE TITLED "THE RADIATOR MUSICIAN."

WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPPOPORT DISCUSSES BASEBALL'S NEW PROPOSAL FOR REGULAR-SEASON, INTER-LEAGUE PLAY STARTING IN 1997.

SCOTT AND THE U.S. SENATE'S HISTORIAN LOOK AT THE LAST ELECTION YEAR WHEN LOTS OF INCUMBENT SENATORS DECLINED A CHANCE AT RE-ELECTION -- EXACTLY A CENTURY AGO.

caucus venues in Iowa. He reports on the debate and the issues on the minds' of voters at a Des Moines City precinct.

Robert talks with Linda Wertheimer who is in New Hampshire following the campaign. She assesses the mood of Granite State, as well as the fortunes of the Republican presidential candidates in the run-up to the state's primary next week.

Commentator Michele Mitchell says the GOP has and has had for a long time a very sophisticated machine in place to attract young voters. Since the days of Richard Nixon, the Republicans have reached out to young people on campus, through lunches, happy hours and other events. The Democrats have no such machine, and in big states like California, the average age of registered Democrats is more than 65.

A conversation about legendary pool player Minnesota Fats who died this morning at his home in Nashville. Noah talks with Jim Murray, who's a columnist with the Los Angeles Times.