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A recent survey of hospitals in Connecticut confirmed what women, their obstretricians and hospitals across the nation have been saying for years: new moms land their babies are routinely sent packing within a day of delivery. That's because most insurance companies will only pay for a 24-hour hospital day after a aroutine delivery. Critics of the 24 hour policy say that discharging moms and babies too early can lead to medical problems for both. Officials at a hospital in Greenwich, Connecticut agree and they've offered their patients a remedy. Connecticuit Public Radio's Tandaleya Wilder reports.

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

NPR'S TED CLARK REPORTS ON TWO IMPORTANT LEADERS MISSING AT THE SIGNING OF THE LATEST ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE AGREEMENT THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE WHITE HOUSE LAST THURSDAY....PRESIDENT HAFEZ ASSAD (AH-sahd) OF SYRIA AND PRESIDENT ILIYAS HARAWI OF LEBANON.

mas Bonuses - Daniel talks with Michael Lewis an editor at the New Republic Magazine. Mr. Lewis is a former Wall Street stockbroker and they'll talk about the drastically reduced Christmas bonuses handed out by Wall Street this year. They'll also talk about the climate that pervades the annual bonus season.

SCOTT TALKS WITH WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT ABOUT TOMORROW'S SUPERBOWL BETWEEN THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS AND THE SAN DIEGO CHARGERS. THE NINERS ARE HEAVILY FAVORED...RON DOESN'T DISAGREE.

FLOODING: HOST SUSAN STAMBERG TALKS WITH NPR'S ANDY BOWERS IN DRUTEN (DROO-ten) IN THE NETHERLANDS, WHERE PEOPLE ARE RETURNING HOME AFTER THE WORST FLOODING IN 40 YEARS.

NPR'S JULIE McCARTHY EXAMINES JAPANESE RESPONSE TOWARD THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION'S DECISION TO ABANDON PLANS FOR A MAJOR EXHIBIT THIS SPRING ON THE ENOLA GAY AND THE HIROSHIMA BOMBING FIFTY YEARS AGO.

Daniel talks with Stepehen Cohen, professor of Russian Studies at Princeton. They'll discuss the political implications of the invasion of Chechnya for Russian President Boris Yeltsin and the United States.

800-Autopsy - NPR's Mandalit Del Barco rides along with a man in Los Angeles who has his own freelance Autopsy business.

Daniel talks to Fred Plotkin, the author of "Opera 101" about father-daughter relationships in the operas of Verdi. Plotkin says that recent scholarship has revealed that Verdi had an illigetimate daughter, and that is probably the reason that he explored father/daughter conflicts so much in his work.