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NPR's John Nielsen reports that John Kasich, chairman of the House Budget Committee, pledged today that there will not be another government shutdown later this month...when current funding to run the government is due to expire.

slicing off only certain government programs for funding.

Chris Richard has this report on religious worship behind bars. Richard reports that while many prisoners search out the chapel or synagogue on prison grounds out of noble intentions, others use church as an opportunity for deadly deeds. The constant possibility of wrongdoing keeps chaplins and rabbis on their guard even though they say many inmates are sincerely interested in their own spiritual evolution.

Commentator Lenny Kleinfeld lives in Los Angeles, where is has NOT been snowing. All the talk of the blizzard on the East Coast has him more than a little homesick for bad weather of the old-fashioned type.

former Director of the Congressional Budget Office, about how the budget impasse is affecting financial markets. Reischauer is now a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington.

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

Liane speaks with author Sir Ernst Gombrich (GOM-breesh) bout the sixteenth edition of "The Story of Art." The most popular book ever ritten about the history of art, it provides an introduction to the subject -- rom the earliest cave paintings to popular art of today (Phaidon Press, 1995)

SCOTT TALKS WITH KETZEL AND ELIOT COLEMAN, AUTHOR OF "The New Organic Grower's Four Season Harvest," (Chelsea Green Publishing Co., P.O. Box 130, Route 113, Post Mills, Vermont 05058-0130) ABOUT ELIOT'S FOUR-SEASON GARDEN IN, OF ALL PLACES...COASTAL NORTHERN MAINE -- A GARDEN HE HARVESTED VEGETABLES FROM THIS WEEK!

Pres. Bill Clinton threatened to punch the nose of New York imes columnist William Safire, who last week called Hillary Clinton a congenital liar" over her statements regarding the Whitewater land deal. NPR enior News Analyst Dan Schorr brings a historical perspective to the matter

Commentator Ellen Ullman talks about the fear of becoming obsolete in the computer industry - an industry which changes at an incredibly rapid rate.

plans to withdraw its diplomats from Sudan. Sudan is upset with the U.S. decision, denying U.S. allegations that it can't protect U.S. personnel from terrorist threats.

Noah talks to the BBC's Chris Nuttal about a group of rebel Chechens who hijacked a Russian ship today in Turkey and are holding the passengers hostage.