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RACHEL DRETZIN BRINGS US A STORY OF KANITA FOCAK, A SARAJEVAN ARCHITECT AND WIDOW, AND CHARLES LOWE, WHO RUNS A SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGES IN LONDON, WHO SHARE A SPECIAL FRIENDSHIP THROUGH LETTERS...AND HAVE NEVER MET.

NPR's Cheryl Devall talks with a family in Chicago that has benefitted from an Illinois state law that requires a percentage of government contracts be set-aside for minority-owned businesses. The family says it's helped their business grow and helped their family move into the middle class.

LESTER GRAHAM OF MEMBER STATION KWMU IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI REPORTS ON THE POTENTIAL GRAIN AND CORN-PRODUCTS SHORTAGES THIS FALL AS A RESULT OF THIS SPRING'S CONTANT RAINS IN THE MIDWEST.

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

Many real estate agents agree that if you are looking to purchase a house right now..its a great time ...prices are relatively low and there are many of them.. And as Nina Teicholtz reports even the mortagage companies are trying to make it easier to buy a house right now...

REAL ESTATE PHOTOGRAPHER: A SPECIAL SEGMENT ON OUR NEW RADIO CARTOON JULIUS KNIPL: (kuh-NIPL) REAL ESTATE PHOTOGRAPHER. INCLUDING INTERVIEWS WITH PRODUCER DAVID ISAY, WRITER AND NARRATOR BEN KATCHOR AND SOME OF THE ACTORS.... THEN THE FIRST INSTALLMENT.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Moscow that the hostage crisis in the Russian city of Budenovsk (pronounced: bood-YAWN-uhfsk) took a turn for the worse today, as Russian government troops stormed the hospital where Chechen fighters are holding more than one thousand civilians hostage, but failed to end the crisis. Some hostages were freed, around 200. But most remained captive. Negotiations continue. And in Moscow, the political fallout is accumulating, as Boris Yeltsin's government tries to figure out how to end the crisis without further loss of civilian lives.

WEEKEND EDITION'S WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH ALICE RIVLIN, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET AND CONGRESSMAN CHARLES RANGEL (D-NY) ABOUT DEMOCRATIC DIFFERENCES OVER PRESIDENT CLINTON'S PLAN, ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK, TO BALANCE THE BUDGET IN TEN YEARS.

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

NPR's Edward Lifson visits the town of Matteson Illinois where local officials have launched a campaign to attract more white residents to their town. This effort at maintaining racial diveristy is a painful, but necessary remedy for many residents who don't want to appear racist but are also concerned about property values.