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who express increasing resentment about the presence of some 700,000 Rwandan refugees in nearby camps. This week, with approval from the United Nations, Zaire's government launched a campaign to convince the refugees to return to Rwanda voluntarily.

After the plane crash that killed Ron Brown, a couple of usiness executives originally scheduled to fly with the Commerce Secretary held press conference and expressed their feelings about their twist of fate. N-P-R enior News Analyst Daniel Schorr has his own story to tell about a near miss ith destiny.

Linda talks with Dr. Dan Kelly about a school ban of clothing and accessories with tobacco logos on it. Dr. Kelly is a peditrician and a school board member. He is also the lone dissenter of the ban. He says the ban becomes a freedom of expression issue with students, and may backfire as a way to educate students about smoking.

NPR's Jack Speer reports on a possible alliance between the United States Post Office and Federal Express. Working together, the two delivery services could help fulfill a growing demand fueled by on-line commerce. But UPS says an alliance between a government service and Fed Ex would give Fed Ex an unfair advantage.

NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg visits the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore to see paintings by 19th century French artist Edouard Manet. The curator of the museum says the painter, who was an influential figure to the young Impressionists, can be best expressed by a painting of asparagus.

Outside of Philadelphia is a little museum, The Museum of Mourning Arts, dedicated to the history and the culture of grief and the symbolic forms with which it has been expressed over the centuries. Love and loss is a theme often explored in art, but this museum focuses on intensely personal objects, such as mourning wear and Victorian memento moris. Neda Ulaby reports.

The state of Illinois has expressed its "official regret" for the murder of Mormon leader Joseph Smith in 1844. But some say the violence that drove Mormons out of the state was precipitated in large measure by Smith himself. NPR's Howard Berkes reports.

Music critic Michelle Mercer has a hard time with most of the love songs that flood the airwaves around Valentine's Day. She says they don't express the ambiguousness and ambivalence of real love -- so she set out to find a song that does just that.

Since the announcement, many players have expressed frustration at the merger.

President Bush has expressed interest in establishing a Federal Office of Faith-Based Initiatives. It would finance churches and other religious institutions that would take over some government welfare functions. Commentator Ellen Charry fears the possibility of Federal money could divert religious organizations from their core mission: spiritual nurturing and guidance.