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THIS WEEKEND, THE NEW YORK EDITION OF NEWSDAY CLOSES DOWN TOMORROW...ANOTHER VICTIM OF NEW YORK'S NEWSPAPER WARS. NPR'S BROOKE GLADSTONE REPORTS.

The Pope was in New York today. We hear a bit of tape from his mass this morning in Central Park, and then Daniel talks with two students and a professor at Catholic University about their feelings concerning the significance and relevance of the Pope and his visit to America

WEEKEND EDITION PRESENTS THE LATEST INSTALLMENT OF JULIUS KNIPL, REAL ESTATE PHOTOGRAPHER

NPR's Debbie Elliot reports that if you survey the wake drawn this week by Hurricane Opal, you'd find that the barrier islands off the northwest coast of Florida were especially hard hit. Residents who'd fled the area returned today for a temporary visit...that's all the authorities would allow them... to see what the storm had done to their homes and businesses.

While on assignment in Los Angeles, Daniel attempts to drive around the city with the aid of a computer called a "Global Positioning System" or G-P-S. The computer is mounted on the dashboard and is programmed to guide you thru a city to a specific destination. Daniel also talks with an Automotive Technologies manager at Rockwell International, the company that sells the G-P-S to companies.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that the U.S. Civil Rights Commission met this week to examine race and sex discrimination in the nation's police forces.

SCIENTISTS ARE USING A PROBE TO DREDGE THE BOTTOM OF MONO LAKE IN CALIFORNIA. WE MAY SOMEDAY LEARN FROM THIS 3,000 YEAR OLD LAKE IF LIFE FORMS EVER EXISTED ON MARS.

2: We talk with RAUL MALO the lead singer for the country music band The Mavericks. The group's latest CD is "Music For All." by MCA Nashville 1995.

TERRY JOHNSON..is a local organizer for the Philadelphia contingent headed to Monday's Million Man March. Johnson plans to walk to Washington to help symbolize his determination for a positive change in U.S. race relations. He and others will follow the path once used by the Underground Railroad.

KAZUO (ka-zoo-oh) ISHIGURO (ish-ee-gew-roe) won international recognition with his novel The Remains of the Day. He won the distinguished Booker Award for this book in 1989. It was later adapted to a movie starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson. The Japanese born British writer has released his latest book The Unconsoled, Alfred A. Knopf 1995. A story about the mixed blessings of celebrity from the point of view of a concert pianist. Other titles by Ishiguro include: A Pale View of the Hills, An Artist of the Floating World