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Commentator Stuart Chifet [shih-FAY] says Cyberspace allows everyone to be an active receipient of information, unlike previous media, like television or radio. We can move forward in cyberspace at the pace we determine.

TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI. Subject TBA.REV. :Film critic JOHN POWERS reviews the new film by the Coen Brothers, "Fargo."

SUSAN SPEAKS WITH WEEKEND EDITION ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL ABOUT THE NEW MOVIE "BOTTLE ROCKET," AND ABOUT THE FILM GENRE CALLED "SLACKER."

has moved to Capitol Hill. Both President Clinton and Republican front-runner Senator Bob Dole will use their negotiations with Congress as indications of their capability for leadership.

Bob Mondello reviews "Bottle Rocket," a low-budget comedy about three not-so-bright suburban slackers who fancy themselves master criminals.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Moscow on the battle for the Chechen capital, Grozny. Russians troops have launched an attack to regain parts of the city that had been seized by Chechen fighters. It has been nearly 15 months since Russia sent troops to the Caucasus region to crush the Chechen bid for independence but the fighting is raging anew.

Linda conducts our weekly political roundtable chat. This week, the topic is Bob Dole and defining the GOP vision. Linda is joined by NPR's political correspondent Elizabeth Arnold, who's been out on the campaign trail with Dole, and Mark Nuttle, a Republican political consultant in Norman, Oklahoma. Nuttle ran Pat Robertson presidential campaign in 1988. He also has advised Ronald Reagan, George Bush and most recently, Steve Forbes.

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on a pirate radio station in Berkeley, California that has provoked the ire of government regulators who want to shut down the low-power station for operating without a license. But, pirate radio operators say their voice is crucial to the democratic process and promise to continue broadcasting despite government efforts to close them down.