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THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS SHUT DOWN AGAIN. REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS AND THE PRESIDENT, ONCE AGAIN, HAVE FAILED TO MEET A MIDNIGHT DEADLINE TO AGREE ON A BUDGET REDUCTION PLAN. NPR'S BRIAN NAYLOR REPORTS.

SCOTT READS SOME LETTERS FROM OUR LISTENERS.

SCOTT AND RON EVALUATE THIS WEEKEND NFL PLAYOFF GAMES, INVOLVING FOUR TEAMS THAT ARE AMONG THE MOST STORIED IN THE SPORT.

NPR'S SUSAN STAMBERG TALKS WITH ACTOR IAN MCKELLEN WHO STARS IN THE LATEST FILM VERSION OF SHAKESPEARE'S RICHARD THE THIRD. MCKELLEN ALSO CO-WROTE THE SCREENPLAY.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports on the condition of Kobe, one year after the earthquake that took more than 6000 lives. While the city has made remarkable progress in repairing the city, the psychological damage to residents is taking longer to heal.

NPR's Richard Harris reports that today was the final day for official comments on a proposal by the Food and Drug Administration to regulate cigarettes. Accordingly, the tobacco industry held a news conference to outline its opposition to the regulations, while anti-smoking groups reiterated their support.

about last night's Fiesta Bowl blowout. Nebraska became the first team to win back-to-back college football championships since the late '70s by routing Florida, 62-24.

WEEKEND EDITION RE-RUNS ITS FINAL STORY CELEBRATING THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SHOW. THIS STORY WAS REPORTED FROM SARAJEVO BY SCOTT SIMON IN 1993 AND TELLS HOW PEOPLE IN THAT WAR TORN CITY, WHEN FACED WITH VERY LITTLE FOR THEMSELVES, MANAGED TO KEEP THEIR PETS ALIVE, AS WELL.

We continue our four-part series about the Balkan Conflict. In part three... the rise of nationalism in Croatia from independence to war. Noah talks to Brian Hall, author of "The Impossible Country," about Croatia's break from the former Yugoslavia and Dr. Franjo (Fran-yo) Tujdman's (TUGE-mans) rise to the presidency. Mr. Hall describes the longstanding resentment Croats have had for the Serbs, and the threat Croat nationalist symbols played in provoking the conflict.

earthquake. 6000 people died in the quake; it was one of the worst natural disasters to strike Japan in this century.