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SCOTT SPEAKS WITH WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT ABOUT ONE OF HIS FAVORITE TOPICS, THE CHICAGO BULLS, AND THEIR RECORD-SETTING SEASON.

NPR'S SUNNI KHALID REPORTS FROM SOUTHERN LEBANON, WHERE ISRAELI WARPLANES, FOR THE LAST THREE DAYS, HAVE ATTACKED. THE VILLAGES OF SOUTHERN LEBANON ARE CONTROLLED BY HEZBOLLAH (HEZZ-boh-LAH), AN ANTI-ISRAEL GUERRILLA GROUP.

Daniel talks with former FBI special agent Joe Connelly about the ongoing standoff with a militant anti-government group called the "Freemen" in Montana. Connelly says the FBI is doing the right thing by not provoking a confrontation with them.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports on Russian President Boris Yeltsin's plan for ending the war in Chechnya.

editor of "Best of the South", a collection of short stories. The selections were chosen from the past ten installments of "New Stories from the South", an annual collection of southern short stories. Both anthologies are published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Robert Siegel speaks with Donald Fraser who wrote arrangements of famous tunes from Disney movies which mimic a variety of classical music composers. Not just an academic challenge, the arrangements capture the spirit Mr. Fraser feels that Beethovenm might have brought to Whistle While You Work or Aaron Copeland might have developed the melody from the Ballad of Dave Crockett. Bibbidi Bobbidi Bach is a release from the Delos label. (8:00) (S

Neal Conan reviews the week's news with Steve Roberts of U.S. News and World Report.

NPR's Anne Garrels in Moscow tells of conflicting reports about the death of Chechen leader Dzhokhar Dudayev (JOH-kar doo-DIE-yeff). Dudayev has led the Chechens in their bid for independence from Russia. ITAR-Tass says Dudayev was killed in a missile attack Sunday. Another news agency, Interfax, said Dudayev is alive. Neither report has been confirmed.

Secretary of State Warren Christopher to forge a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon...