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A deadly storm hit the northern part of Texas late Friday night killing at least 9 people and injuring over 100. With winds topping 70 mph, power was knocked out at Dallas-Fort Worth Internatinal Airport causing flight delays and flood waters poured into Baylor University Medical Centre contaminating emergency equitpment. Member station KERA's Bill Zeeble reports.

Daniel Zwerdling talks to Detective Rick Sexton, the composite sketch artist for Fairfax county police about how he goes about sketching a suspect based on witness accounts. Sexton says he very often waits to interview people for a sketch until they're more calm and relaxed, even if that means they forget a few details about a suspects appearance.

NPR's Anthony Brooks reports on the debate at Brown University over school funding for women's sports. Under a federal law called Title IX, schools are required to offer men and women the same opportunities as far as athletics are concerned. But, critics of Title IX say the law is damaging to sports programs for men.

ALTHOUGH IN 1969 CHATANOOGA, TENNESSEE, WAS CONSIDERED THE DIRTIEST CITY IN AMERICA, NOW IN 1995 IT CAN BOAST OF BEING ONE OF THE CLEANEST. SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH WAYNE CROP, AN ENVIRONMENTAL LAWYER AND FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CHATTANOOGA AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BUREAU, ABOUT THIS TRANSFORMATION.

MAGGIE KUHN: Maggie Kuhn, founder of the Gray Panthers, died esterday at the age of 89. The organization was founded 25 years ago by Kuhn nd four other women, all of whom were over age 60, to battle many social njustices, including age-discrimination. Liane Hansen prepared a remembrance f this determined woman.

DON PULLEN OBIT: Liane Hansen remembers jazz pianist Don Pullen, ho died yesterday.

"Remembering Munni" (MOO-nee) is the title of the fifth nstallment of Julian Crandall Hollick's series on the pavement dwellers of ombay. Munni was a young woman, born and raised on the streets, who started rganizing the poor to take control of their lives.

SPORTS/ELVIS: ENTERTAINMENT: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT THE OPENING OF THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION'S PLAYOFFS AND RON OFFERS PREDICTIONS. AND SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL TALK ABOUT THE MOVIE "PANTHER," A FICTIONALIZED ACCOUNT OF THE EARLY DAYS OF THE BLACK PANTHER MOVEMENT OF THE 1960'S.

SPORTS: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT THE NEW BASEBALL SEASON WHICH BEGINS REGULAR PLAY NEXT WEEK.

SCOTT SIMON READS SOME LETTERS FROM OUR LISTENERS.