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By a vote of 74 to 22, the Senate today passed the Helms-Burton bill, which expands sanctions against Cuba. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports. that the measure would require an act of Congress to loosen the current U.S. embargo of Cuba, and would permit the United States to aid pro-democracy movements there. It would also allow Cuban exiles whose property was confiscated by the Castro government to sue foreign companies who use that property. The House votes tomorrow.

NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that a new biography of Stalin supports a long-suspected theory on his death, 43 years ago today.

NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says there's a lot of lame to go around regarding the Cuba shoot-down of American planes.

2:Actor NATHAN LANE. He's currently in the film "The Bird Cage." He played Nathan Detroit in the Broadway revival of "Guys and Dolls." Playwright Terrance McNally has written roles for LANE and says, "I need an actor like Nathan to fully express myself. I can't do it with just the words. I need his faces and gestures to finish the sentence." LANE starred in McNally's "The Lisbon Traviata," and in "Lips Together, Teeth Apart." He also was in the films "Frankie and Johnny," (as Michelle Pfeiffer's neighbor -- a part McNally wrote for him), in "Life with Mikey," (co-starring with Michael J. Fox), and has a cameo in "Adams Family Values." (Rebroadcast. Originally aired 1

WEEKEND EDITION'S DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH WINSTON LORD, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EAST ASIAN & PACIFIC AFFAIRS, AND CONGRESSMAN CHRISTOPHER COX (R-CA), CHAIRMAN OF THE REPUBLICAN POLICY COMMITTEE, ABOUT THE EVENTS IN THE STRAITS OF TAIWAN THIS WEEK.

SOVIET SPACE MEMORABILIA AUCTION: SCOTT TALKS WITH JAMES OBERG, A SPACE ENGINEER, ABOUT RECENTLY RELEASED NOTES THAT REVEAL THAT YURI GAGARIN'S FIRST SPACE FLIGHT HAD SERIOUS PROBLEMS. (5:00) (James Oberg is the author of "Red Star in Orbit" and "Uncovering Soviet Disasters" which are both published by Random H

Linda speaks with Oliver "Buck" Revell, a former deputy director of the FBI, about how the Islamic extremist organization Hamas raises funds in the United States. Revell, now a private security consultant, says Hamas, using numerous front organizations, have been highly successful in raising funds in the United States and that some of money reaches the organization's military wing.

Life in the segregated South of the early 1960's is the setting for a new novel called The Last Hotel For Women by Vicky Covington. Reviewer Alan says the plot is brimming with both tension and grace throughout. (Simon & Schuster)

NPR'S JOANNE SILBERNER REPORTS ON THE FIRST SETTLEMENT BY A TOBACCO COMPANY IN LAWSUITS OVER CIGARETTES.

WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT HAS SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION'S SUSPENSION THIS WEEK OF MAHMOUD ABDUL-RAUF, THE DENVER NUGGETS PLAYER WHO REFUSED TO STAND UP FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. THE SUSPENSION HAS BEEN LIFTED, BUT QUESTIONS REMAIN.

New York primary and the virtual certainty that he will be the Republican Presidential candidate in November. Dole won all 93 of New York State's delegates to the national convention and now has more than a third of the number needed to assure him the nomination. Last night, he was campaigning in Florida, which along with Texas and other states, will hold "Super Tuesday" primaries next week.