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Rene Preval who formally begins his duties today. Preval takes over from his predecessor, Jean Bertrand Aristide. The peaceful transfer of power was a first for the caribbean nation. But many Haitians wished Arisitide would remain in office.

A conversation about legendary pool player Minnesota Fats who died this morning at his home in Nashville. Noah talks with Jim Murray, who's a columnist with the Los Angeles Times.

We ask a number of writers - specialists in mystery, science fiction, children's literature and magic -- to apply their craft to the unravelling of the case of a stack of subpoenaed Rose Law Firm documents that mysteriously appeared in a limited access White House residential room after they were long thought to be lost.

In New York City, dozens of pyschiatrists are volunteering to find and help homeless people suffering from mental illness. Reporter Richard Schiffman reports that they they are seeking out these non-traditional patients in some very non-traditional ways.

WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPPOPORT DISCUSSES BASEBALL'S NEW PROPOSAL FOR REGULAR-SEASON, INTER-LEAGUE PLAY STARTING IN 1997.

Robert talks with Linda Wertheimer who is in New Hampshire following the campaign. She assesses the mood of Granite State, as well as the fortunes of the Republican presidential candidates in the run-up to the state's primary next week.

The Zairean government today announced it was closing a refugee camp that is home to almost 2-hundred thousand Rwandan refugees. NPR's Michael Skoler reports that the government is trying to force the refugees to return to Rwanda. Many of them have been living in the camp for more than one year, and Zaire now says it can no longer afford to take care of them.

IN MEMORY OF JOSEPH BRODSKY WHO DIED THIS WEEK, WE AIR A 1986 PROFILE OF THE POET BY KETZEL LEVINE, WEEKEND EDITION'S GARDENING CONSULTANT, WHO USED TO BE AN ARTS REPORTER FOR NPR.

Robert talks to Senator Frank Murkowski of Alaska, about his effort to change the Amtrack decision of dropping the names of some of its trains, like the Night Owl, and replacing the names with numbers.

Noah speaks with Sherry Folsom of the San Onofre (oh-NO-for- ree) nuclear power plant about four kittens that were discovered late last week in the nuclear power plant. We check in on there progress. The kittens, Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Neutron are doing fine and show minimal traces of cesium and cobalt. The kittens had traces of nuclear dust, but Ms. Folsom says they are doing fine and will probably grow up to be healthy cats.