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is going to coordinate its efforts directly with a state. Virginia will put unemployed welfare recipients into the jobs left vacant after INS raids to remove illegal immigrants from low-wage, low-skill jobs.

about the latest opposition protests calling for the ouster of President Milosevic. The parliament of the new Yugoslavia was due to meet today, but the session was suspended amid growing signs of unease by the authorities.

about the year ahead for Hong Kong, which will revert to Chinese control in mid-1997. Hong Kong currently is a British 'crown colony.'

Noah talks about the closure of independent radio station B92 in Belgrade today. The government claims that the station was shut down because its was operating illegally...but Radio B92 was one of only two media outlets, along with a student-run station, broadcasting information regarding the ongoing protests against Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic. The station has now taken its message to the Internet.

Senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that the political pendulum has swung back to a period where states' rights are highly valued, with the latest round of innovation coming from Maryland, New York, Virginia and Hawaii.

This week, Chicago's O'Hare airport joins New York's LaGuardia airport in a test of a new weather prediction system that's designed to keep ice off planes in the air and on the ground. Aviation experts say it will keep planes flying on time and improve safety too. NPR's Christopher Joyce reports.

Roving correspondent Bob Garfield had to go to Nashville, Tennessee last year to deliver a speech. While he was there, he decided he'd like to write a hit country song. After enlisting the aid of almost everyone in the region, he ended up with a song...and a better understanding of the machinery behind the country-music industry.

About a fifth of adults in the U-S are using the Internet and the World Wide Web, a number which is growing daily. Many of these people get some of their news from on-line newspapers that are spinoffs of regular daily papers. The New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times all have some presence on the Web, but the on-line editions do not have the circulation or the advertising revenue to match their print equivalents, and most do not make any profit at all. Robert talks to editors and advertising researchers about the possible financial futures of publishing on the Web.

Lanny Davis, White House Special Counsel, talks to Linda about today's document release. They also discuss the White House strategy for addressing the number of questions regarding fund-raising practices, and the blurring of lines between White House business and DNC business.

Music critic Tom Manoff recommends a new re-packaged re-release of recordings by Zino Francescatti (fran-chess-KAH-tee). Francescatti was one of the most admired violinists of the Twentieth Century...he died in 1991. Now, his recordings are finding new life in the craze for repackaging great old performances. ("Zino Francescatti: Great Violin Concertos" is available on Sony Classical.) (3:00) ((ST