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Commentator Paul Durrenberger muses about our obsession with the weather. The subject often works its way into telphon conversations--especially long distance. Its as if we think if we know what the weather will be wecan do something to change it.

about the President being subpoenaed to give evidence in a Whitewater fraud trial.

from both sides of the frontier view the dispute over whether Mexican trucks should be allowed on to U.S. roads.

Interview with ELIZABETH MCALISTER continued

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports on the reached settlement of the office building workers strike in New York City. 35,000 workers have been striking since the beginning of the year in a dispute over pay for new hires. Rank and file union members vote today on the proposed settlement.

NPR's Joe Palca reports that legislation that kept the federal government open also restricted funding of research on human embryos. Opponents of the research say it is unethical. But proponents say it could lead to important understanding that could help improve fertility treatments.

Former head of the FBI's Serial Crime Unit, JOHN DOUGLAS. For 20 years he investigated serial murders for the FBI, and developed techniques to get criminals to talk, and to lure them into capture. He also pioneered criminal profiling. Many of his techniques have been adopted by police departments and prosecutors nationwide. DOUGLAS interviewed such notorious killers as Charles Manson and Richard Speck. He has a new memoir, Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit (Lisa Drew book, written with Mark Olshaker). (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW

SCOTT SIMON REVIEWS THE WEEK'S TOP NEWS STORIES WITH SIMON HOGGART OF BRITIAN'S GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a hallenge for everyone at home. (This week's on-air player is Mary Ross from olorado Springs, Corlorado. Her public radio station is KRCC out of Colorado prings).

Liane Hansen speaks with novelist Maryanne Wiggins, who rites about a love affair between two foreign correspondents in her new book, Eveless Eden" (Harper Collins).

The PUZZLE INTERNET ADDRESS is puzzle@npr.org.

and the latest troubles facing the First Lady.