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ALL STATIONS FROM: VAN WILLIAMSON RE: WEEKEND EDITION SATURDAY/FIRST RUNDOWN DATE: JANUARY 28, 1995 HOST: SCOTT SIMON NEWS: BILL REDLIN & LAURA KNOY

WEEKEND EDITION'S ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL REVIEWS "BAD COMPANY," A FILM STARRING ELLEN BARKIN AND LAURENCE FISHBURNE.

NPR's Mara Liasson reports on today's meeting between President Bill Clinton and governors and congressmen in which they discussed ways to revamp the nation's welfare system.

FROM AUSTIN, TEXAS, NPR'S JOHN BURNETT REPORTS ON THE EFFECTS OF THE MEXICAN PESO DEVALUATION ON U.S. BUSINESSES. WHILE SALES OF SOME U.S. IMPORTS TO MEXICO HAVE PLUMMETED SOME BUSINESSES ARE REAPING ADVANTAGES IN REDUCED LABOR COSTS AND LOWER IMPORT PRICES FOR GOODS COMING FROM MEXICO.

SIMON/POGGIOLI: PASTA: SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH NPR'S SYLVIA POGGIOLI IN ROME ABOUT A REPORT PUBLISHED THIS WEEK IN THE NEW YORK TIMES THAT STATES THAT FOOD SCIENTISTS NOW BELIEVE THAT PASTA CARBOHYDRATES CAN BE FATTENING, EVEN WITHOUT THE SAUCE TOPPINGS.

NPR'S JOHN BURNETT VISITED CUBA RECENTLY, AND REPORTS ON THE CHANGING ECONOMIC SITUATION THERE -- FIDEL CASTRO'S ALLOWING THE BEGINNINGS OF A MARKET ECONOMY, AND IT'S MAKING THINGS BETTER FOR SOME.

NPR'S MICHAEL GOLDFARB REPORTS ON HARMONICA LEGEND LARRY ADLER, NOW 80 YEARS OLD AND LIVING IN ENGLAND. HE WAS A WELL-KNOWN MUSICIAN IN AMERICA, THEN WAS CALLED TO TESTIFY BEFORE THE HOUSE UNAMERICAN ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE, WHERE HE REFUSED TO COOPERATE. HE MOVED TO ENGLAND AND CONTINUED TO PERFORM, AND NOW HE'S RELEASED A NEW CD.

Daniel visits Place Pigalle restaurant in Seattle and learns how to make their signature dis, "Mussels Pigalle." Chef Will MacNamara says that shellfish shouldn't be overcooked... once they've opened just wide enough to stick your little finger in, they are done.

BRUCE GELLERMAN OF MEMBER STATION WBUR IN BOSTON REPORTS ON EFFORTS BY THE MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL OF LAW IN ANDOVER TO CHALLENGE THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OVER ITS ACCREDITATION STANDARDS.

AFTER YEARS OF PROTESTING THAT FOREIGN SUBMARINES, FROM THE FORMER SOVIET UNION, WERE SPYING ALONG THE SWEDISH COASTLINE, THE SWEDES MADE PUBLIC LAST WEEK AN EMBARRASSING DISCOVERY...THEY HAD MISTAKEN RUSSIAN SUBMARINES FOR MINKS. SCOTT SIMON DISCUSSES THE MIX-UP WITH SIMON HAYDON, AN EDITOR AT REUTERS NEWS SERVICE IN STOCKHOLM.