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Poet Jack Perletsky offers his own thoughts about a special breed of bird: The Flying Hot Dog.

Blues artist B.B. King spoke today at the National Press Club luncheon. We hear an excerpt in which he talks about getting started as a kid picking cotton and singing on street corners in Indianola, Mississippi.

NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports that peanut subsidies are under attack by reformers in Congress who say the program costs consumers too much. Defenders of the program say price supports protect the family farm. Opponents say the program is being abused by people who benefit but don't actually grow anything.

-- fat substitute called Olestra is touted by manufacturer Proctor and Gamble as virtually calorie-free, but critics warn Olestra does have its side-effects. The Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of Olestra in some snack foods.

Satirist Harry Shearer imagines what might have occurred when President Clinton consulted with humorist Garrison Keillor in preparation for the State of the Union address. Keillor supplies windy parable; Clinton's interest drops. He dumps Keillor in the Green Room with "standees" - people who might get up during speech and take a bow.

Hashimoto focused on Japan's economic recovery in his first parliamentary address.

days of campaigning before the state's presidential primary, which kicks off the 1996 political season. Senator Robert Dole, who has had little time among the voters because of the budget battle in Washington, is profiled as he begins dealing with the residents of New Hampshire directly.

We hear an excerpt from the Rule of Saint Benedict, who wrote a guide for monastic life in the sixth century. It is that Rule which the monks at Weston Priory follow to this day.

NPR's Chitra Ragavan reports that a congressional panel heard from seven White House Travel Office employees who were fired a few months after President Clinton took office. The fired workers said the Clinton administration drummed up phony allegations so they could put their friends in power.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports from Sarajevo that the top NATO commanders are now convinced that the former warring military leaders are committed to peace. British General Sir Michael Walker tells Shuster that although the military leaders are on board, there are still questions about the committment from the civilian politicians.