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Ley (Lee) Garnett of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports from Portland on the devastation from the week's rain and melting snow. The week's downpour has killed at least three people in Oregon and one in southern Washington state. In Portland, retaining walls along the Willamette River have been holding as the river nears it crest. But the Columbia River on the city's north side continues to rise. Half of Oregon's counties are disaster areas and the governor has asked for federal relief.

WEEKEND EDITION ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL REVIEWS "BROKEN ARROW," DIRECTED BY HONG KONG ACTION FILM DIRECTOR JOHN WOO.

Robert talks with Robert Freedman, author of Moscow and the Middle East about the appointment of Yevgeni Primakov as Russia's new Foreign Minister. Freedman says the former KGB agent is a skilled diplomat and will of great help to Boris Yeltsin.

Robert talks with Bob Beken about his lawsuit against Computer City. He explains how he convinced a judge to rule against the computer chain for putting him on their mailing list against his wishes.

FOR VALENTINE'S DAY, WE PLAY A BIT OF A MUSICAL SESSION BETWEEN JOURNALIST CHARLES KURALT AND HIS FRIEND, PIANIST LOONIS McGLOHON (mc-GLOW-en). KURALT READS THE WORDS OF LORENZ HART AND McGLOHON PLAYS THE TUNES OF RICHARD RODGERS.

Robert talks with Jeremy Siegel, professor at the Wharton School of Business and author of "Stocks for the Long Run". Siegel says that even a five to ten percent increase in the market could result in a measurable crash. The market has increased five hundred points in the last two months. This week alone it broke it's high record every day.

Noah speaks with NPR's David Welna in Port au Prince about the peaceful transfer of power today in Haiti as President Jean Bertrand Aristide steps down and Rene Preval (ren-NAY PRAY-VAL) takes office. Preval will have to deal with Haiti's economic woes, as well as a potentially unstable security situation when U.N. peacekeeping forces leave the island, possibly as early as the end of this month. Welna says Preval also will have to contend with Aristide, whom many Haitians regard as the once and future president.

police force in a now-deserted suburb of Sarajevo. Most of the Serb inhabitants had fled over the past couple of days.

NPR's Lynn Neary reports on the Christian mens' movement and its first conference for men of the cloth. About 40,000 ministers from all over the world filled a sports stadium in Atlanta recently to sing, pray and listen to other preachers call for a national revival for Jesus.

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