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NPR's Ann Cooper attends the funeral of Joe Slovo, a long time South African anti-apartheid activist, member of the African National Congress and Communist Party. She has this remembrance.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were both civil rights leaders but they had very different approaches in their efforts to gain equality for blacks in a white dominated society. Daniel talks with Orlando Bagwell, producer of the documentary "Malcolm X, Make It Plain", about the relationship between the two leaders and how it evolved over time.

Nothern California is still at the mercy of on-going rain torms, and the Russian River in Sonoma County has risen far above normal evels. Chris Arnold of KQED in San Francisco reports that property damages in he the Sonoma region are estimated at over 20 million dollars so far.

LETTERS: We hear letters from our listeners.

Liane Hansen speaks with multimedia performance and ecording artist Laurie Anderson about her first album in more than four years, Bright Red" (Warner Brothers, CD# 9 45534 2). Laurie joins us from her studio n SOHO, New York, as she prepares for her national performance tour that begins his spring.

LIANE HANSEN EWSCASTERS: BILL REDLIN & LAURA KNOY

NPR's Elaine Korry reports on a federally-sponsored program o provide flood insurance to residential and commercial property owners. This overnment support is useless unless property owners purchase the low-cost nsurance, and as it turns out, most Californians do not hold these roperty-saving policies.

SPORTS: HOST SUSAN STAMBERG AND WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT THE TALKS BEING HELD THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON, D.C. BETWEEN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL OWNERS AND PLAYERS.

NPR's Kathy Lohr reports from Oklahoma City that residents there are anxiously awaiting the verdict in the Timothy McVeigh bombing trial being held in Denver. Many of them gathered today at a fence surrounding what used to be the Alfred Murrah Federal Building to lay wreaths, flowers and other items in memory of those lost in the blast two years ago.

When the Apollo 11 mission to the moon was in its early stages, a group of 13 women were recruited to undergo tests to see if they, in addition to the male astronauts, might also have the necessary endurance for such a mission. Sue Nelson has this report on what happened to those women and why they never made it into space.