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THE STORY OF YITZHAK ZOHAR, WHOSE SHOES MAY BE COMING INTO VOGUE ALMOST 40 YEARS AFTER HE INVENTED THEM.

NPR's Corey Flintoff reports that President Clinton today said that his administration would look for a way to circumvent a Supreme Court ruling. Earlier this week, the high court struck down a federal law that prohibited guns within 1000 feet of a schoolyard, saying that the Congress does not have the power to create such a law under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution. The President said that keeping schools safe should be a priority for the nation and charged the Attorney General with finding a way to continue enforcing the law.

AN INJUNCTION ISSUED YESTERDAY BY A FEDERAL JUDGE IN NEW YORK ENDED THE 232-DAY OLD STRIKE BY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS BY RULING THAT MAJOR LEAGUE OWNERS HAVE NOT BEEN BARGAINING IN GOOD FAITH WITH THE PLAYERS UNION. SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT AND FORMER YANKEE PITCHER AND AUTHOR OF "BALL FOUR" AND "STRIKE ZONE," A NOVEL, JIM BOUTON.

ENTERTAINMENT: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL TALK ABOUT TWO NEW FOX TV SCIENE FICTION SHOWS...VR.5 AND SLIDERS.

GRAMMY WINNING MEXICAN-AMERICAN SINGER SELENA, WHOSE FULL NAME WAS SELENA QUINTANILLA PEREZ, WAS SHOT TO DEATH YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, BY A WOMAN REPORTED TO BE THE PRESIDENT OF HER FIRST FAN CLUB.

NPR's Jon Greenberg reports that President Clinton's nominee to head the Central Intelligence Agency, Michael Carns, has withdrawn his nomination. The move came after the FBI discovered that Carns may have violated U.S. immigration law by helping someone he knew enter the United States from the Phillipines. Today, President Clinton named John Deutch, the number two man at the Defense Department, to replace Carns as the nominee to head the nation's spy agency.

SPORTS: WEEKEND EDITION'S SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT IS AT THE MASTERS GOLF TOURNAMENT IN AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, AND TALKS WITH HOST SUSAN STAMBERG ABOUT THE PAST AND FUTURE OF GOLF, AND WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH BASEBALL.

Daniel talks to Norman Mailer, author of "Oswald's Tale: An American Mystery." Mailer had access to the KGB documents on Lee Harvey Oswald's time in the Soviet Union, and he talked to many of the people there who knew Oswald.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH FILM REVIEWER AND AUTHOR PAULINE KAEL ABOUT HER NEW BOOK "FOR KEEPS - 30 YEARS AT THE MOVIES" PUBLISHED BY DUTTON.

FROM LONDON, NPR'S MICHAEL GOLDFARB REPORTS ON THE ON-GOING DISPUTE BETWEEN CANADA AND SPAIN OVER FISHING GROUNDS IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC.