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Bill Zeeble of member station KERA in Dallas reports on the performance this weekend of the rarely-heard Khachaturian Concerto which features the flexatone, an eerie-sounding percussion instrument which is very difficult to play.

NPR's Richard Harris reports that scientists are looking into an ancient mystery...trying to determine what caused 80 percent of all plant and animal life on earth to vanish in an episode that pre-dated the dinosaurs.

Mark Roberts reports from Denver that an infestation of weeds in the Rocky Mountain west is causing farmers there lots of headaches. Weeds are a problem in many places, but there are particular species that are aggressively inhibiting crops.

NPR'S DEAN OLSHER REPORTS ON THE RAPIDLY CHANGING FACE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE, AND ON QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THE INDUSTRY BACKS ITS CLAIMS.

Patrick Cox of member station W-B-U-R reports from coastal Massachusetts on the snow's impact and concerns about high tide and coastal flooding.

NPR's White House correspondent Mara Liasson reports on President Clinton's opportunity to deliver a message to the nation tonight in his State of the Union speech to a joint session of Congress.

NPR's David Welna reports that tomorrow in Haiti there will be make-up local and parliamentary elections. They're being held because there were widespread problems with elections that were held in June.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr examines the strained elationship between the press and the courts, in light of the decision by Los ngeles judge Lance Ito NOT to allow testimony from a reporter at the O.J. impson trial.

NPR's Ted Clark reports on the occasional instances of rivate American citizens undertaking diplomatic negotiations with foreign overnments, and how these interactions sometimes benefit and sometimes hinder .S. foreign policy.

NPR's Ted Clark reports that the US has confirmed it is sending a second aircraft carrier to international waters near Taiwan. The move is to underline US insistence that China and Taiwan resolve their differences peacfully, as required by longstanding agreements.