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WITH BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS ON CAPITOL HILL AT A STANDSTILL, NPR'S JON GREENBERG REPORTS THAT ONE PROPOSAL, WHICH WOULD OVERHAUL THE FEDERAL BUDGET PROCESS, IS GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION.

ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL TALKS ABOUT THE MOVIE "MONEY TRAIN" AND THE RECENT ATTACKS ON NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY TELLERS. THE ATTACKS RESEMBLE AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED IN THE FILM.

TODAY MARKS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST IMPLANTATION IN A HUMAN OF AN ARTIFICIAL HEART. DR. BARNEY CLARK LIVED FOR 112 DAYS AFTER THE OPERATION. SCOTT SPEAKS WITH DR. JOHN WATSON OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH ABOUT THE ADVANCES IN THIS TECHNOLOGY OVER THE LAST 13 YEARS.

SIMON/ BOWLING: SCOTT TALKS WITH DON GILLIS, WHOSE CANDLEPIN BOWLING SHOW WILL END ITS 37 YEAR, 2 MONTH RUN ON BOSTON'S CHANNEL 5 NEXT MONTH.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports from Chicago on the status of Illinois' public mental health system. Despite the dismal rating given to state mental health facilities, state officials maintain that their hospitals offer a clean and healthy environment for patients. There is a debate now materializing between mental health providers as to whether the state should administer care through state hospitals or smaller, community based facilities.

SCOTT SPEAKS WITH KAY REDFIELD JAMISON, AUTHOR OF "AN UNQUIET MIND: A MEMOIR OF MOODS AND MADNESS." JAMISON IS A PROFESSOR OF PSYCHIATRY AT THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. THE BOOK IS ABOUT HER OWN STRUGGLE WITH MANIC-DEPRESSION. 13:00 (Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, New

NPR'S Margot Adler reports that the public schools in New Haven, Connecticut have had their share of problems: high dropout rates...rampant teen pregnancy...the kind of urban disfunction that makes going to school really tough, for kids and teachers alike. Five years ago, in an effort to turn things around, the New Haven schools embarked on an ambitious experiment...one designed to teach kids the life skills they'd need to grow and develop as emotionally healthy adults...to acquire what some researchers have called "emotional literacy"...or "emotional intelligence."

HORTICULTURALIST KETZEL LEVINE HAS SOME HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS FOR GARDNERS....AND AN ANSWER TO THOSE WHO QUESTIONED THE PROPRIETY OF HER LAST APPEARANCE ON OUR PROGRAM.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Moscow that Russians go to the polls tomorrow to vote for a new President. She says most voters remain undecided. Garrels reports that the formation of democracy in Russia has also bred cynicism in the Russian electorate.

to return as a pre-condition for a lasting peace. But after nearly three decades of Israeli occupation, thousands of Israeli civilians now live on the Heights, and they don't want to leave.