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NPR's Mary Kay Magistead reports that it's been nearly a year after the U.S. trade embargo against Vietnam has been lifted. One of the more unusual new joint ventures has been the importation of Holstein cows.

For many homeless people who contract HIV, it's likely their last days will be in a homeless shelter or a hospital surrounded by strangers. But, in Washington D.C. - there exists an alternative for a few men who are ready and willing to take it...Joseph's House. This community of formerly homeless men with AIDS learn to live together AND to die together here as a family - something that many of them haven't had for most of their lives. Daniel Zwerdling takes us for a visit to Joseph's House.

Many Americans are still complaining about the state of education in America. NPR's Don Gonyea reports on a "charter school" in Michigan... one of many such special schools across the country that are providing an alternative to a standard public school education.

WEEKEND EDITION WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR TALKS WITH NORMAN ORNSTEIN, FROM THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE, AND THOMAS MANN, FROM THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION. BOTH ARE AT THE "CONFERENCE FOR NEW MEMBERS OF THE 104TH CONGRESS" IN WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA, AND THEY'LL BE DISCUSSING THE NEW CONGRESS.

SCOTT TALKS WITH 89-YEAR-OLD NORMAN VAUGHAN, JUST RETURNED FROM CLIMBING A MOUNTAIN THAT BEARS HIS NAME IN ANTARCTICA. VAUGHAN WAS PART OF ADMIRAL BYRD'S EXPEDITION TO THE SOUTH POLE IN 1928, AND HAD ALWAYS VOWED TO RETURN TO THE MOUNTAIN NAMED AFTER HIM.

SCOTT HAS SOME THOUGHTS ON THIS WEEK'S BROUHAHA IN THE WAKE OF CONNIE CHUNG'S QUESTIONING OF NEWT GINGRICH'S MOTHER.

Day - Danny asks listeners to call the Weekend All Things Considered Valentine's Day Hotline in order to pass on the pet names they call their loved ones. The number is (202) 408-5183. Callers should leave at least their first names and where they're calling from...unless of course they're too embarrassed in which case just a location will do.

Jacki Lyden visits several arts organizations in Baltimore and discusses the relationship between private and public funding. As politicans speak of defunding the National Endowment for the Arts, agencies which receive that money say they are responsibile to public tastes and make that money go further than ever before. But, without it, art in America will be damaged, they claim...even if the amounts they receive are really quite small.

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

NPR'S TOM GJELTEN REPORTS ON THE GOVERNORS' CONFERENCE, WHICH BEGINS TODAY. ONE ISSUE ON THE GOVERNORS' MINDS IS THE MOVE TO SHIFT POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AWAY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND TOWARD THE STATES.