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A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's ews, including Pres. Clinton during his State of the Union address; Senate ajority Leader Bob Dole's (R-Kan.) response to the address; Hillary Rodham linton on her testimony before a Grand Jury; Former Pres. Ronald Reagan nnouncing the Challenger explosion; an American remembering the explosion; an nti-death penalty activist and a Democratic lawmaker from Utah on the execution n Utah; and a Pittsburg Steelers fan and a Dallas Cowboy fan on today's Super owl.

(host copy) Poet Joseph Brodsky died today. The Russian exile, who lived in New York, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1987. He went on to become the U.S. Poet Laureate. We'll hear Brodsky read his poem, "Bosnia Tune."

Daniel remembers the Challenger explosion, which took place ten years ago today. He speaks with Karen Colby, a former student of astronaut Christa McAuliffe who is now a teacher in New Hampshire; and with Gene Kranz, who was at mission control for NASA when the explosion took place.

impasse has been put behind us or not and what's next for Congress once it gets past the budget.

Robert Siegel speaks with Stanley Hoffman, a professor of the civilization of France at Harvard University, about the late Francois Mitterrand. Mr. Hoffman discusses Mitterrand's efforts toward European integration and his gradual move from the right to the left.

We remember bluegrass fiddler Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise who died this week at the age of 80.

Lynne Terry reports that in advance his visit to the United States, French President Jacques Chirac called an early end to his government's controversial series of underground nuclear tests in the South Pacific. Saying that the tests guarantee a "viable and modern defense," he announced that the sixth test would be the last.

Excerpts from today's funeral at the Cathedral of Notre Dame, in Paris.

Political attack ads have come under increasing scrutiny in a umber of states, prompting attempts to curb negative campaigning. Bill Wareham, f Minnesota Public Radio, reports on a Minnesota candidate and two of his staff embers who were recently indicted for spreading false information about a olitical opponent.

2 REMEMBERING THE CHALLENGER EXPLOSION: Even a decade after the space shuttle hallenger exploded, questions about manned space flight and the appropriate ole for NASA continue to be asked. NPR's Joe Palca reports on how the explosion hanged our views of science and technology and continues to affect the space rogram today.