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NPR'S RICHARD HARRIS REPORTS ON THE ALARMING DECLINE IN POPULATION OF SOME OF AMERICA'S PRETTIEST SONGBIRDS.

Madeleine Brand reports on a public education controversy in New Jersey. The state's high court recently ruled that there is a gross disparity between poor urban and rich suburban public schools. The state is trying to restore equity by cutting back the amount of money is spends on suburban schools. Urban school superintendants fear the money saved from the rich won't wind up in the hands of the poor.

Rock Historian ED WARD looks back at Ike Turner''s career before Tina, when he secured his place in American Pop music history.

PAULA DOBBYN OF MEMBER STATION KTOO IN JUNEAU, ALASKA, REPORTS ON THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THE IDITAROD, A GRUELLING 1,000-MILE SLED-DOG RACE FROM ANCHORAGE TO NOME, WHICH BEGINS TODAY.

THE COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION WIPED OUT THE HUGE ARMS INDUSTRY IN THAT COUNTRY. MOST OF THE SCIENTISTS WHO DESIGNED AND BUILT THE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION LOST THEIR JOBS. NPR'S ANNE GARRELS REPORTS ON A NEW PROGRAM FUNDED BY THE UNITED STATES TO KEEP THEM HOME IN RUSSIA SO THEY WON'T TAKE THEIR EXPERTISE TO THE ROGUE NATIONS OF THE WORLD.

NPR'S ANNE GARRELS REPORTS FROM MOSCOW THAT IT APPEARS THAT THE LONG LINES OF PEOPLE WAITING TO PURCHASE AVAILABLE BASIC GOODS, WHICH WERE SO FAMILIAR IN OUR MEMORIES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION, HAVE NOT ENDED WITH THE FALL OF COMMUNISM. PEOPLE ARE JUST LINING UP FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.

NPR'S DAVID MOLPUS REPORTS THAT ALTHOUGH EXPERTS AGREE THAT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION DEFINITELY HELPED MINORITIES INITIALLY, THEY ARE NOW QUESTIONING THE LONG TERM BENEFITS, EXPECIALLY AMONG MINORITIES.

Jacki speaks with Oscar Newman, an architect and city planner at the institute for community design analysis in New York, about "defensible spaces." They're an approach to revitalizing inner city spaces by closing off neighborhoods with gates that, in effect, turn neighborhood streets into cul-de-sacs. Newman says defensible spaces have been tried in several cities with good results: they give residents a more personal and intimiate connection to their neighborhoods, which translates into safer and more vibrant living spaces.

WEEKEND EDITION'S SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT GIVES HIS PREDICTIONS ON THIS WEEKEND'S NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYOFF GAMES.

SCOTT TALKS WITH PETER GURALNICK, AUTHOR OF "LAST TRAIN TO MEMPHIS--THE RISE OF ELVIS PRESLEY" (LITTLE BROWN). THE BOOK TRACES THE FIRST 24 YEARS OF PRESLEY'S LIFE.