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NPR's Ted Clark reports that the Clinton Administration is sending Secretary of State Warren Christopher to the Mideast this weekend to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on the eve of new peace negotiations at Erez on the Gaza border. Christopher's Mideast visit, only days after the two-day Israeli-Palestinian summit at the White House, underscores the importance the US is placing on reviving the Middle East peace process.

where computer industry executives are up in arms over a proposition that would allow shareholders to sue companies if their share price fluctuates wildly. Voters will have the chance to vote on the proposition in November.

On election day, voters in many states will be asked to check several boxes on their ballots for state judges. Most people won't know much if anything about the candidates. And that's a problem, as NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports. Critics of the practice of electing judges say justice and politics are a dangerous mix. But the candidates say raising money and pleasing voters doesn't affect their objectivity.

Robert talks to poet and translator Stephen Mitchell, who has just issued a new translation of the book of Genesis. Mitchell is fascinated by the mystery and strangeness of many of the stories in the book... the talking serpent in the Garden of Eden, the fact that Jacob wrestles and defeats God... and thinks that other translators and scholars often gloss over them. Mitchell has not divided his book into its traditional chapters, but has instead identified each story as being the work of a specific writer.

Weekend Edition entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell tells Susan about the new movie "Sleepers."

NPR's Vicky Que reports on the rise of drug use, particularly marijuana, among teenagers and how researchers are still deciding on the best method for curtailing it. One problem may be that baby boomer parents haven't been as concerned about marijuana use by teenagers as experts think they should be. Marijuana is also much cheaper and more readily available today, which makes it difficult for law enforcement to control.

- Cory talks with Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and Internatiional Studies in Washington, D.C. Cordesman says unconventional weapons like poison gases, biological agents and nuclear devices are proliferating not only among America's enemies in the Middle east, but also among its allies.

- Cory speaks with NPR's Andy Bowers on Russian President Boris Yeltsin's recent acknowledgement that he is suffering from heart disease and will undergo an operation later this month. Bowers says Yeltsin's announcement has sparked serious political jockeying among several political rivals and questions about the country's untested mechanism for presidential succession.

Robert & Linda note the use of the phrase "as we know it" as an appendage to words such as "welfare", "the IRS". It can be traced back to the late 19th century, but has won a place in political parlance only lately.

" >The Dark Side of the Game" which looks at the everyday aspects of the NFL.