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Journalist GEORGE LARDNER, JR. is an investigative reporter for The Washington Post. In 1993 he had to investigate the murder of his own daughter, who was stalked and killed by an ex-boyfriend. LARDNER won a Pulitzer Prize for his story which showed how the system had failed to protect his daughter, Kristin. His new book is The Stalking of Kristin: A Father Investigates the Murder of his Daughter. (Atlantic Monthly Press).

WE ARE RE-AIRING A SEGMENT THAT RAN ON WEEKEND EDITION EIGHT YEARS AGO, WHICH PROFILED THE NEWARK ABBEY, A ROMAN CATHOLIC BENEDICTINE MONASTERY IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. THE POPE'S VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES BEGAN IN NEWARK AND WE WANTED TO CONSIDER, AGAIN, THE MONASTERY'S WAY OF LIFE THIS WEEK.

NPR'S MICHAEL GOLDBARB HONORS ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF FILM MAKING.

NPR'S MARA LIASSON REPORTS ON HOW PRESIDENT CLINTON IS TRYING TO BUILD PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HIS PROPOSAL TO SEND 25-THOUSAND U.S. GROUND TROOPS TO BOSNIA ONCE A PEACE AGREEMENT IS SIGNED.

SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

Critic Bob Mondello reviews the recent two new movies based on the Shakespeare classic, "Othello" and "Richard The Third."

NPR's David Molpus reports that, increasingly, corporate America is ready to lay off workers during the holiday season. While corporations say they're helping workers 'transition' out of their jobs, labor watchers say corporate America is no longer ashamed to openly treat workers as dispensible.

LARRY MC MURTRY is considered one of Texas' most prominent fiction writers even though he has not lived in that state for nearly two decades. Over his career, he has written 19 novels...including the 1986 Pulitzer Prize winning book Lonesome Dove.. His newest Dead Man's Walk (Simon & Schuster 1995) takes readers to the early days of his Lonesome Dove heroes Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call. Other books by Mc Murtry include: Streets of Laredo (sequel to Lonesome Dove), Terms of Endearment and The Last Picture Show

WE CORRECT A STORY WE RAN IN SEPTEMBER -- THOUGH NOT NECESSARILY DEFINITIVELY -- ABOUT WHO AIRED THE FIRST BEATLES SONG IN THE U.S.

2: American folk singer ROSALIE SORRELS may not be wildly famous but since the 1960s she's developed a near cult like following. Her admirers describe Sorrels as someone who has lived the life she now sings about. In fact, she was immortalized in a song by Nanci Griffith describing Sorrels as "Salt of the earth.....with a voice like wine." .Her newest CD is "Borderline Heart" by Green Linnet Records Inc. The book "Way Out in Idaho" is a collection of her poems, songs and recipes. In 1992, She received the recording industry "Indie" award for Best Storytelling album for her CD "Report From Grimes Creek."