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Commentator Larry Magid says that all the hoopla over Windows '95 may have been just that. So far the new computer operating system hasn't really changed Larry's life -- at least not compared to what changed when he went from his IBM Selectric to his first computer.

SCOTT SPEAKS WITH REPORTER MALCOLM GLADWELL, WHO HAS WRITTEN AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE INEVITABILITY OF DISASTERS SUCH AS THE CHALLENGER EXPLOSION THAT HAPPENED TEN YEARS AGO TOMORROW. SCOTT THEN CONTINUES WITH THOUGHTS ABOUT THE ANNIVERSARY.

Laura Ziegler (f) reports that today marks the final installment of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. It's creator Bill Waterson has decided to end the strip after more than 10 years, because he wants to be free of deadline pressure when drawing his cartoons.

In a new report, activists say ICE systematically retaliates against them for their work, despite the agency's denials. Advocates want the Biden administration to officially forbid the practice.

Linda speaks with Dr. Brian Ettinger, an endocronoligist with the Research Division of Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program in Oakland, California. Dr. Ettinger authored a study about the benefits of taking estrogen hormone pills. According to this new study, there is strong evidence that taking estrogen hormone pills offers protection against heart attacks and strokes in postmenopausal women. The study found that there was a 46 percent reduction in the rate of death from all causes in these women. Dr. Ettinger's study appears today in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Today at noon across the country, church bells were rung to mark a day of prayer for the U.S. and other NATO peacekeepers in Bosnia, and for those they protect. The event was called for by Christian, Muslim and Jewish leaders nationwide.

Weekend All Things Considered invites listeners to call in and share their most frightening experiences (that really turned out to be nothing serious).

NPR'S PHILLIP DAVIS REPORTS FROM THE NATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERSHIP SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON D-C. BLACKS LEADERS ARE LOOKING INTO ECONOMIC, HEALTH, AND POLITICAL INITIATIVES A MONTH AFTER THE MILLION MAN MARCH.

SCOTT SPEAKS WITH REPORTER LYNN TERRY ABOUT THE 16-DAY OLD TRANSPORTATION STRIKE IN FRANCE.

LIANE HANSEN