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Chapin Carpenter - Daniel talks with Country Music Singer-Songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter in our performance studio. Carpenter has won five Grammy Awards and numerous other awards for her music. Carpenter, who is from the Washington D.C. area, will sing a few songs from her latest C-D called "Stones In The Road." It's on the Columbia label.

Daniel speaks with editorial page editors Jane Eisner of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Tom Bray of the Detroit News, and Mindy Cameron of the Seattle Times...about some of the stories they feel were underplayed by the media in 1995. Included are issues of race, the internet, and the press's responsibility to provide solutions as well as criticism of issues it covers.

Laura Ziegler (f) reports that today marks the final installment of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. It's creator Bill Waterson has decided to end the strip after more than 10 years, because he wants to be free of deadline pressure when drawing his cartoons.

SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

NPR's Kathy Schalch reports that the Clinton re-election campaign has raised more money than any of his potential Republican opponents -- $26 million as of the end of 1995. According to a new report, much of the money has come from lawyers and the entertainment industry, two groups that have been very supportive of the Clinton administration and some of its legislative proposals.

Democratic leaders in New York's state legislature say they'll move forward quickly with impeachment proceedings against Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who faces allegations of criminal sexual harassment.

There's a big Hollywood party tonight to mark the upcoming birthday of George Burns. He will be 100 years old this Saturday. We play excerpts from a 1940s Burns & Allen radio show - which foreshadows George Burns longevity in a comic way. (3:30) (

As Lebanon marks a year since a huge blast at the Beirut port, the sister of one of the victims is still working to pick up the pieces of her life and continue her search for justice.

NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that promised welfare reform is unlikely to be passed this year.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that New York city landlords and striking building maintenance workers resumed negotiations today. Some 30 thousand maintenance workers, elevator operators, janitors and other personnel have been on strike. Labor Secretary Robert Reich participated in the negotiations today in hopes of forcing a settlement.