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NPR'S JOANNE SILBERNER REPORTS THAT PRESIDENT CLINTON'S NOMINATION OF DR. HENRY FOSTER, AN OBSTETRICIAN/GYNECOLOGIST AND FORMER HEAD OF MEHARRY (meh-HARRY) MEDICAL COLLEGE IN TENNESSEE, TO THE POSITION OF U.S. SURGEON GENERAL MAY BE IN QUESTION BECAUSE OF THE NEWS THAT HE HAS PERFORMED ABORTIONS.

HOST SUSAN STAMBERG SPEAKS WITH 63-YEAR-OLD ROSANNA DELLA CORTE ABOUT HER DECISION TO TRY FOR ANOTHER CHILD. LAST YEAR, AT THE AGE OF 62, SHE BECAME THE WORLD'S OLDEST WOMAN TO GIVE BIRTH.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports on a bombing which has left at least 18 people dead outside of the town of Netanya. Today's bombing coincides with the the first-ever government discussion on the issue of Jewish settlements in the occupied territories.

Jacki talks to Marin Hopper, a fashion editor at Elle magazine, about the return of the spike heel. Hopper says that very high heels are very flattering to the leg and are very glamorous, but they take a lot of energy to wear and can be bad for your feet.

Jacki talks with Paul Wilkes, who writes about religon for the magazine Atlantic Monthly. Pope John Paul the Second just finished a tour of Asia looking very frail. Wilkes talks about the Pope's health and how the Vatican is already starting to talk about who will be the next Pope.

ENTERTAINMENT: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL TALK ABOUT THE FILMS THE OSCAR COMMITTEE DIDN'T RECOGNIZE IN THEIR NOMINATIONS.

THIS WEEK, ON VALENTINE'S DAY, AFTER BEING OFFICIALLY IGNORED BY BRITAIN'S LITERARY ESTABLISHMENT FOR NEARLY A CENTURY, OSCAR WILDE WAS HONORED WITH A PLACE IN THE POET'S CORNER IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY...ONE HUNDRED YEARS TO THE DAY AFTER THE PREMIRE OF HIS GREATEST PLAY, "THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST." THE IRISH POET, PLAYWRIGHT AND NOVELIST SCANDALIZED 19TH CENTURY BRITAIN BECAUSE OF HIS HOMOSEXUALITY. NPR'S MICHAEL GOLDFARB ATTENDED THE CEREMONY.

HOST SUSAN STAMBERG TALKS WITH JEFFREY SHAMUS ABOUT A SNOWBALL HE MADE AND STORED IN HIS MOM'S FREEZER BACK IN 1976 AFTER A RARE SNOWFALL IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, AND WHICH STILL REMAINS THERE IN A PEANUT BUTTER JAR AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.

Craig speaks with military sociologist David Burrelli about the longstanding rule prohibiting the use of umbrellas by men in the U.S. Army and Marine Corps (women are allowed to use umbrellas). Some in the Army are trying to change this rule. Burrelli is a Specialist in National Defense at The Congressional Research Service (CRS/Library of Congress). In this capacity he studies military personnel issues.

NPR's Anne Cooper reports on the efforts to investigate alleged atrocities committed by the troops of Laurent Kabila, who this week was sworn in as president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly Zaire. Kabila has resisted attempts by UN officials to allow access to