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Every year residents of San Juan Capistrano expect locks of swallows to return from their winter hiatus in Argentina. They are due o arrive today. The eaves of the local mission in this southern California town ave served as swallow nesting sites for decades. NPR's Mandelit (man-duh-LEET) elBarco reports that the mission has undergone renovations that damaged the ests, and citizens are worried that the swallows will not return.

NPR'S PHILLIP DAVIS REPORTS ON EFFORTS BY HOUSE REPUBLICANS TO AMEND FEDERAL REGULATIONS TO GIVE NEW RIGHTS TO PROPERTY OWNERS AT THE EXPENSE OF IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS.

NPR's Chitra Ragavan reports on the efforts by lobbyists to influence the tort reform debate in Congress. This week, the House of Representatives passed a measure which limits the dollar amount that juries can award plaintiffs who sue doctors and manufacturers.

Chris Arnold reports on the devasting effects that the ecent heavy rains and flooding have had on the residents of the Northern alifornia town of Guernville (GERN-ville). It's the second time this year that he town has had to deal with rising flood waters.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with NPR's Tom Gjelten about the current ituation in Croatia. The Muslim/Croat Federation, brokered by the United tates, is one year old, but some strains are beginning to show. The Federation as started because of fears that a new war in Croatia would spread south into osnia. As the situation worsens once again in Bosnia, it looks like the ighting might spread north into Croatia.

SIMON/JORDAN: SCOTT SIMON HAS SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS PAST "MICHAEL JORDAN" WEEK.

NPR's Melissa Block reports survivors of the Long Islan Railroad shooting in New York made courtroom statements this past week in th trial of Colin Ferguson. He was convicted of killing 6 people during a shooting rampage on the railroad. Crime victims and their relatives are making their case in court more and more often.

Jyll Johnstone and Barbara Ettinger have explored the way they each were raised by nanny's in the 1950's in a new documentary called "Martha and Ethyl." Johnstone's nanny was a rigid disciplinarian, Ettinger had the opposite with a woman named Ethyl who she now look upon as a second mother.

Puzzlemaster Will Shortz challenges listeners to puzzles and word ames. Will also tells us about the final event in the American Crossword Puzzle ournament, which was held last weekend in Stamford, Connecticut. 7:28 This week's on-air player lives in Houston, Texas and listens to

Jacki Lyden talks to Geraldine Brooks, former Wall Street Journal corresspondant who has written a book on women and Islam. The book, "Nine parts of Desire" details some of Brooks more unusual experiences in the Middle East including a visit with the late Ayatollah Khomeni's family. Brooks says that there are many advantages in being a woman in that part of the world. The book is published by Doubleday.