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By a vote of 74 to 22, the Senate today passed the Helms-Burton bill, which expands sanctions against Cuba. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports. that the measure would require an act of Congress to loosen the current U.S. embargo of Cuba, and would permit the United States to aid pro-democracy movements there. It would also allow Cuban exiles whose property was confiscated by the Castro government to sue foreign companies who use that property. The House votes tomorrow.

NPR'S JOANNE SILBERNER REPORTS ON THE FIRST SETTLEMENT BY A TOBACCO COMPANY IN LAWSUITS OVER CIGARETTES.

WEEKEND EDITION'S DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH WINSTON LORD, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EAST ASIAN & PACIFIC AFFAIRS, AND CONGRESSMAN CHRISTOPHER COX (R-CA), CHAIRMAN OF THE REPUBLICAN POLICY COMMITTEE, ABOUT THE EVENTS IN THE STRAITS OF TAIWAN THIS WEEK.

WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT HAS SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION'S SUSPENSION THIS WEEK OF MAHMOUD ABDUL-RAUF, THE DENVER NUGGETS PLAYER WHO REFUSED TO STAND UP FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. THE SUSPENSION HAS BEEN LIFTED, BUT QUESTIONS REMAIN.

Life in the segregated South of the early 1960's is the setting for a new novel called The Last Hotel For Women by Vicky Covington. Reviewer Alan says the plot is brimming with both tension and grace throughout. (Simon & Schuster)

SOVIET SPACE MEMORABILIA AUCTION: SCOTT TALKS WITH JAMES OBERG, A SPACE ENGINEER, ABOUT RECENTLY RELEASED NOTES THAT REVEAL THAT YURI GAGARIN'S FIRST SPACE FLIGHT HAD SERIOUS PROBLEMS. (5:00) (James Oberg is the author of "Red Star in Orbit" and "Uncovering Soviet Disasters" which are both published by Random H

Noah talks to author David Shields about women who wear glasses and the erotic appeal such women hold for Shields. Shields reads passages from his book "Remote" on this subject. He says glasses say to him that the woman is so beautiful, so perfect that she can risk covering up that beauty. He also fantasizes about the moment a when a woman with glasses removes them before going to bed; a moment the stranger can only imagine.

Noah Adams speaks with Richard Rapaport who visited the military operation in Bosnia to see what high tech gear is being employed in that peacekeeping effort. Commanders can receive video from practically anywhere there are soldiers deployed in the field. And a huge remote controlled tank is used to detonate mines.

Netday '96 gets underway in California tomorrow. Netday is an ambitious, volunteer effort to get the state's schools wired for internet access. President Clinton, who called the event a "high-tech barn-raising," plans to be on hand as a local high school is wired.