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Bobbie O'Brien reports from Tampa, Florida on a recent study which shows that cutting mangrove trees along waterfront property drastically effects the coastal ecosystem. Recent relaxation of environmental laws has allowed homeowners to cut mangrove trees without obtaining a permit.

On the eve of Rene Preval's inauguration as Haiti's next president, David Welna reports from Port-au-Prince on on the legacy of outgoing Jean-Bertrand Aristide. He points to disbanding the military as one of his accomplishments, yet getting at the truth about human rights has been difficult. The U.S. has yet to turn over documents that would further the task.

A House committee today issued 28 subpoenas for documents relating to the White House Travel Office firings. NPR's Jon Greenberg reports that the the committee wants to look further into White House allegations serious financial mismanagement was behind the 1993 firing of seven longtime travel office employees. The White House has accused the Republican-led committee of political grandstanding.

Essayist Mike Renfro explains why Texas's recent law llowing concealed firearms actually provides an incentive for residents of the onghorn state to be friendly to one another. In a separate essay, Philadelphia nquirer reporter Alfred Lubrano shares how his infatuation with guns ended bruptly after he covered a senseless murder.

THIS WEEK, IN COMMEMORATION OF WEEKEND EDITION'S 10TH ANNIVERSARY MONTH, WE ARE RE-AIRING A STORY ABOUT NATASHA DUDINSKA (doo-DIN-skuh), A CZECHOSLOVAKIAN STUDENT ACTIVIST THAT REPORTER ALEX CHADWICK MET SIX YEARS AGO WHEN HE WENT TO COVER THE ANTI-COMMUNIST REVOLUTIONS IN EUROPE.

NPR's David Baron reports that new preliminary data from measurements of the Earth's temperature in 1995 supports theories that global warming is occurring. According to surface temperature measurements, last year was the warmest on record. Experts caution, however, that it remains unclear how much of the increase may be due to natural variation.

NPR's John McChesney reports the online service Compuserve says it plans to reopen access to nearly 200 sexually-oriented discussion groups to all but its German customers by the end of the month. Compuserve closed the forums after prosecutors in Germany said some of the material in the groups violated German obscenity laws.

NPR's Michael Goldfarb reports from London that British Prime Minister John Major may soon be forced to call a general election, an election that most polls show would spell an end to the conservative party's rule. The conservative's majority in the House of Commons is dwindling rapidly, some conservatives are defecting, and the conservatives are so busy fighting among themselves that running the country is becoming increasingly difficult for Major.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on the continued finger pointing in the aftermath of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. A national debate in Israel about who and what fostered the climate for such extremism. While some are pointing to the rhetoric of of nationalist rabbis others are looking to elite religious schools called Yeshivas. The lone gunman Yigal Amir attended one of these schools, schools that religious and military studies.

In Illinois, a former military base has been transformed into a unique community of foster families. Each family gets a house rent-free and a yearly salary. Brent Wolf of W-I-L-L in Urbana, Illinois reports that although fifty percent of the children in the community have been abused or neglected, the program is thriving because of the attentiveness of the adults.