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The Atlanta Braves won the world series last night, beating the leveland Indians one-to-nothing. Liane Hansen speaks with sportswriter Dave indred of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution about the Braves, who finally won fter three trips, and Cleveland, who'll likely be in the running again next ear.

About 30 million people use cellular phones in the United States. During the Blizzard of '96, cellular communications played an important part in connecting people not only with their friends and family, but also with emergency services. The storm followed a path over the cellular network of Bell Atlantic NYNEX Mobile, which noticed an increase in cellular phone calls during the storm. Robert talks with Steve Fleischer of Bell Atlantic NYNEX Mobile and Rick Ketterman, the Emergency Management Director of Pennsylvania's Adams County.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a hallenge for everyone at home. 6:31 (This week's puzzle is from Piscataway, New e

SIMON/ LETTERS: SCOTT READS LISTENER COMMENTS.

THE LATEST INSTALLMENT OF JULIUS KNIPL: REAL ESTATE PHOTOGRAPHER.

Daniel talks with New York Times reporter Nicholas Kristof about how the Japanese government recruited tens of thousands of Japanese women into prostitution following World War Two. The women were sometimes pressed into service against their will. Their clients were American G.I.'s.

Daniel talks with a new young poet - Matthew Rohrer - whose first book is called "A Hummock in the Malookas" (W. W. Norton and Company). Rohrer's surrealist poetry gives life to the thoughts and feelings of inanimate objects - like a bridge, a fork, a mop. Following the Rohrer interview is a song by the Baltimore group 'Three Pigs Cafe' called 'The Thank-you Song'.

HALLOWEEN STORY: NPR's Vertamae Grosvenor (VERTA MAY GROVE-NER) ells an African-American folktale titled "Daddy and the Plat-eye Ghost".

Linda speaks with Carl Sferrazza (SPHERE- RAZ-ZAH) Anthony who is author of a two vlume book about American 1st Ladies. Mr. Anthony takes us through the history of the attacks, both political and journalistic, that first ladies have endured.

SCOTT SPEAKS WITH FORMER COSTA RICAN PRESIDENT OSCAR ARIAS ABOUT A NEW INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN HE'S HEADING -- LAUNCHED FRIDAY ON CAPITOL HILL HERE IN WASHINGTON, TO REDIRECT MILITARY SPENDING TO HUMAN DEVELOPMENT.

NPR's Melissa Block reports that snow storms have made or broken many a politicians career. She will assess how different cities' and states' key politicians are coping with the response to the Blizzard of 1996, and what lessons have been learned by past politician's failures.

Federal forces say that Chechen rebels must release a group of hostages before they will be permitted to cross the frontier from the republic of Dagestan into Chechnya.