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NPR'S TOM GJELTEN REPORTS ON EFFORTS BY THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION TO SUPPORT U.N. PEACEKEEPERS IN BOSNIA, AND EXAMINES WHETHER THE U.N. MISSION IS WORTH SAVING.

SPORTS: HOST ALEX CHADWICK DISCUSSES WITH WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT THE LOCK-OUT OF NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYERS, THAT WENT INTO EFFECT EARLY THIS MORNING. 4:00 2. CHADWICK/HOCKENBERRY: HOST ALEX CHADWICK SPEAKS WITH ABC AND FORMER NPR CORRESPONDENT JOHN HOCKENBERRY ABOUT HIS MEMOIR "MOVING VIOLATIONS: WAR ZONES, WHEELCHAIRS & DECLARATIONS OF INDEPENDENCE" PUBLISHED BY HYPERION PRESS/LITTLE, BROWN.

FIREWORKS: Essayist Lester Sloan visits a fireworks maker in the alifornia mountains, and learns about the "art of the bang."

Jacki talks to Richard Slotkin, author of the book "Gunfighter Nation, the Myth of the Frontier in 20th Century America," (HarperPerennial) about the prevalence of violence in American culture since the first settlers landed here.

Deidre Berger reports on the past week's events in the North Sea, where Shell Oil changed it's plans to dump an oil rig in the ocean, after protests from Greenpeace.

Jacki discusses the latest events in Bosnia with NPR's Andy Bowers in Sarajevo and NPR's Sylvia Poggioli in Belgrade. Today, the top UN general in the former Yugoslavia met with the Bosnian Serb military leader. They tried, but failed, to work out an arrangement for the Serbs to withdraw their heavy weapons from Sarajevo. Meanwhile, NATO officials met in Brussels to consider whether to resume military attacks against the Serbs.

NPR'S ANNE GARRELS REPORTS ON THE CONSTRUCTION MADNESS CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE IN THE SUBURBS OF MOSCOW.

HOST ALEX CHADWICK AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH NPR'S SYLVIA POGGIOLI IN BELGRADE ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR A BOSNIAN PEACE, NOW THAT THREE SIDES IN THE WAR HAVE AGREED TO TALKS.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's ews, including NATO spokesperson Lt. Col. Janice Witt; President Bill Clinton nd UN Spokesperson Colin Murphy commenting on NATO's military action against erb rebels in Bosnia; and LA Detective Mark Furhman, Prosecutor Marcia Clark nd Judge Lance Ito on the OJ Simpson trial.