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has moved to Capitol Hill. Both President Clinton and Republican front-runner Senator Bob Dole will use their negotiations with Congress as indications of their capability for leadership.

SIMON/ SNOWFLAKES: SCOTT SPEAKS WITH RESEARCH BIOLOGIST WILLIAM WERGIN WHO HAS PROVIDED THE SCIENCE COMMUNITY WITH VALUABLE INFORMATION ABOUT SNOWFLAKES --- THAT HAS VAST REPERCUSSIONS.

SCOTT INTERVIEWS THE DEPUTY MAYOR OF A TOWN IN FRANCE THAT IS TRYING TO RAISE FUNDS TO BUY THE CHATEAU ONCE OWNED BY THE FRENCH AUTHOR AND PHILOSOPHER VOLTAIRE. THE TOWNS SURROUNDING THE ESTATE ARE AFRAID THE FAMOUS HOUSE WILL END UP IN THE WRONG HANDS.

Liane Hansen speaks with Linda Garmon, producer of the documentary Spy in the Sky," for the PBS series "The American Experience." The program is bout the U-2, the elegant spy plane developed by the CIA during the Eisenhower dministration. In the most well-known incident, a U-2 was shot down over Russia n May, 1960, and pilot Francis Gary Powers was taken prisoner. The U-2 also ook the pictures that fomented the Cuban missile crisis in 1962. U-2's are till flying today.

Liane Hansen speaks with Irish Times correspondent Conor O'Clery bout the current state of peace in Northern Ireland, and visits to the United tates by several of the key players in the peace process.

Linda Wertheimer speaks with chef David Page, who is preparing a meal for this evening based on the first cookbook published in America in 1796. Author Amelia Simmons stressed the use of indigenous foods and contains receipes which are still found in cookbooks today. This is the book's bi-centennial.

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MIKE SHUSTER EXAMINES HOW U.S. AND RUSSIAN TROOPS ARE WORKING TOGETHER ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE PEACEKEEPING MISSION IN BOSNIA.

SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

Increasingly, pet owners are chosing to have proper burials for their dearly departed and as a result, pet cemeteries are springing up across the country. But, this growing industry has not been well regulated and in Virginia, lawmakers are trying to do something about it. NPR's Adam Hochberg reports.

ock Critic KEN TUCKER review''s Lou Reed''s new cd.Int 3:Editor of Consumer Reports Travel Letter (CRTL), ED PERKINS. He has spent 25 years in travel research and consulting He began editing CRTL, widely known for its objective consumer oriented research. He has a nationally syndicated travel column and has appeared as a travel expert on Good Morning America, The CBS Evening News With Dan Rather, and other TV and radio programs. He received ASTA''s Traveler''s Advocate Award for 1993, and is the co-author of "Best travel Deals, 1996 Edition." (Consumer Reports Books) Perkins talks with Terry Gross about how to get the best seat on an airplane.