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Commentator David Brooks says he's heard that Liberals are thrilled with the possibility of Bob Dole being the Republican presidential candidate. But he warns them not to party too soon, for they are the real losers. He says he's sorry to say it, but the Liberal agenda has completely vanished from the political map in 1996.

NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says there's a lot of lame to go around regarding the Cuba shoot-down of American planes.

NPR's Dan Charles reports that the National Park Service wants to make sure that the it benefits financially if a biotech company ever finds something in a park from which it can make money. Many developing countries have taken similar steps to protect their interests when drug companies go looking for new medicines in the rain forest.

NPR'S Derek Reveron reports that the downing of two planes flown by Brothers to the Rescue with the death of four pilots, has strengthened the hand of hard-line Cuban exile groups in Miami. Recently, more moderate voices, advocating negotiation with Fidel Castro, have been assuming a more prominant role in Cuban-exile politics, but since the shoot-down, they are on the defensive, and the hard-liners again enjoy the upper hand.

NPR's Sunni Khalid reports that Palestinians are concerned about how far Israel will go in its war on Hamas and whether it could mean more Israeli troops in the autonomous region. A statement from Hamas has said the attacks will stop to allow negotiations but many fear such promises from Hamas leaders may be worth little.

By a vote of 74 to 22, the Senate today passed the Helms-Burton bill, which expands sanctions against Cuba. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports. that the measure would require an act of Congress to loosen the current U.S. embargo of Cuba, and would permit the United States to aid pro-democracy movements there. It would also allow Cuban exiles whose property was confiscated by the Castro government to sue foreign companies who use that property. The House votes tomorrow.

NPR'S JOANNE SILBERNER REPORTS ON THE FIRST SETTLEMENT BY A TOBACCO COMPANY IN LAWSUITS OVER CIGARETTES.

WEEKEND EDITION'S DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH WINSTON LORD, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EAST ASIAN & PACIFIC AFFAIRS, AND CONGRESSMAN CHRISTOPHER COX (R-CA), CHAIRMAN OF THE REPUBLICAN POLICY COMMITTEE, ABOUT THE EVENTS IN THE STRAITS OF TAIWAN THIS WEEK.

WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT HAS SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION'S SUSPENSION THIS WEEK OF MAHMOUD ABDUL-RAUF, THE DENVER NUGGETS PLAYER WHO REFUSED TO STAND UP FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. THE SUSPENSION HAS BEEN LIFTED, BUT QUESTIONS REMAIN.

Life in the segregated South of the early 1960's is the setting for a new novel called The Last Hotel For Women by Vicky Covington. Reviewer Alan says the plot is brimming with both tension and grace throughout. (Simon & Schuster)