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The Republicans may be faced with the ethical violations of Speaker Newt Gingrich, but soon the Democrats must answer charges of fundraising improprieties of their Democratic National Committee. NPR's Peter Overby reports on how the Democrats are preparing for this upcoming political assault.

between G.M. and Volkswagon that ended litigation over charges of industrial espionage by a former design chief of G.M.'s European subsidiary. V.W. will pay G.M. 100-million dollars in damages and agreed to buy 1-billion worth of parts over the next seven years.

Fallout continues from the indefinite postponement of a hearing on House Speaker Newt Gingrich's violations of ethics standards. A Democratic member of the ethics panel has called the announcement a "Thursday Night Massacre," and the casualties are bipartisan consensus and ethics process. Meanwhile, Republicans are calling for a criminal investigation into tape recordings of a cellular phone conversation in which Gingrich is heard discussing plans to manage the public disclosure of the charges against him, an apparent violation of a promise to the committee. NPR's Brian Naylor has a report.

NPR's Tovia (TOE-vee-uh) Smith reports on the long suffering fans of the New England Patriots football team, which goes to the final round of the AFC playoffs this Sunday.

Scott speaks with NPR's Vicky O'Hara about diplomatic immunity. This week, the president of Georgia said that a diplomat who was involved in an auto accident, which killed a teenaged girl, would probably stay in this country to face legal charges. There was concern that the diplomat and his country would claim diplomatic immunity.

Scott with some thoughts on doctor-assisted suicide.

of the dangers of space junk and debris, and the problems it could cause for the international space station scheduled to be up and running by next year. There's four-million pounds of debris in orbit around the Earth.

Dan Schorr reviews the week's news.

Scott and Weekend Edition's sports commentator Ron Rapoport discuss the surprising success of the National Football League's two expansion teams — the Carolina Panthers and the Jacksonville Jaguars — who will be playing in tomorrow's NFL championship games.

Storyteller Jay O'Callahan tells a tale about love, dancing and miracles. At a young age, Max was told he would never dance again--and he got braces on his legs. His grandmother wasn't willing to accept this and pushed Max to strengthen his legs and mind--she said if you are in love and have a song you can do anything. As a teenager he learned that both these things were true.