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SCOTT SPEAKS WITH NPR'S SYLVIA POGGIOLI THE DEATH THIS WEEK OF SECRETARY OF COMMERCE RON BROWN, WHO WAS ON A MISSION TO THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA.

SCOTT AND WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT OFFER THEIR PREDICTIONS FOR THE MAJOR BASEBALL SEASON, WHICH OFFICIALLY BEGAN THIS WEEK.

The prominent voice in the news this past week was resident Clinton remembering his friend, Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, who died n a plane crash in Croatia.

Supreme Court today. The case involves a woman who is suing the manufacturer of her pacemaker, which failed. Manufacturers claim that Congress gave them blanket immunity from such lawsuits 20 years ago. They point to the federal law enacted in 1976 in response to injuries from the Dalkon Shield, an intrauterine birth control device.

2: Professor of Religion at Princeton University ELAINE PAGELS. She has written four books including "The Gnostic Gospels" (which won both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award). PAGELS most recent book is "The Origin of Satan" (Random House 1995). (REBROADCAST from 6

REPORTER TOM VERDE (VER-dee) VISITED AN OLD FASHIONED TOWER CLOCK IN NEW ENGLAND THAT IS STILL HAND-WOUND.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports that the Clinton administration admitted for the first time today that it looked the other way in 1994 when Iran clandestinely shipped arms to Bosnia in violation of the United Nations arms embargo. Undersecretary of State Peter Tarnoff told a House panel that Congress should have known about the shipments because the information was available in daily intelligence reports.

Commentator Marion Winik tells of the terror of losing her kids in the grocery store.

Noah talks with Mike O'Connor, who's in Tuzla reporting for the New York Times. War crimes investigators have discovered extensive tampering of evidence at a suspected mass grave site in eastern Bosnia. O'Connor says this site is particularly important because three witnesses claim that the Bosnian Serb military commander, General Ratko Mladic, was present while the mass executions took place. This discovery also calls into question the assurances by U.S. officials that suspected mass gravesites would remain intact for investigators. (4:00) Funder 0:29 XPromo 0:29 CUTAWAY 1B 0:29 RETURN1 0:29 NEWS 2:59 NEWS 1:59 THEME MUSIC 0:29 1C 6. HISTORY STANDARDS - NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports on the release today of a new set of national history standards. The first standards, released 2 years ago, were roundly criticized for offering too many negative examples about American history. The new standards are decidedly more positive about the American experience, but more importantly they omit the specific curriculum suggestions that many people objected to in the original draft.

NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports on the release today of a new set of national history standards. The first standards, released 2 years ago, were roundly criticized for offering too many negative examples about American history. The new standards are decidedly more positive about the American experience, but more importantly they omit the specific curriculum suggestions that many people objected to in the original draft.

ANNE GARRELS VISITS PIONEERKSAYA IN THE CRIMEA TO SPEAK WITH SOME OF THE TATARS THAT HAVE RETURNED TO THE REGION AFTER BEING EXPELLED FROM CRIMEA BY STALIN IN 1943 AND 1944.

Shoko Asahara, the leader of Japan's doomsday sect Aum Shin Rikyu, goes on trial tomorrow on murder charges for the nerve gas attacks on Tokyo's subways last year. As NPR's Julie McCarthy reports, the attacks have shattered the image of Tokyo as a peaceful place and cast doubts on the abilities of the city's world-renowned police department.