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Fewer flights are being cancelled by United Airlines now that it's reached a tentative settlement with its pilots. The airline is still negotiating a new contract with the union representing its mechanics and ground workers. But Chicago Public Radio's Jason DeRose reports the carrier is already striving to win back angry travelers.

County lawmakers in Washington state are considering tighter restrictions on whalewatching. Conservationists argue the noisy boatloads of tourists are contributing to the mysterious decline in numbers of the orca whale population. From member station KUOW in Seattle, Sam Eaton reports.

Radio and television writer Sherwood Schwartz. Schwartz began writing for radio on the Bob Hope Show in 1939. When television came along, Schwartz wrote for such comedy hit shows as The Red Skelton Show, and My Favorite Martian. He won an Emmy Award for his comedy writing from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. In 1963 Sherwood created, wrote and produced the hit series Gilligan's Island. He was also responsible for The Brady Bunch. (REBROADCAST FROM 8

Howard Berkes reports on the fires that continue torage in the western states. Millions of acres of forest and brush have been blackened, and politicians have begun pointing fingers at the Clinton Administration for failing to do enough to prevent the blazes.

Michele Kelemen reports from Moscow that a fire raged for more than a day in the city's television tower, leaving at least two people dead. The blaze caused considerable damage to the structure -- the world's second tallest tower -- and nearly all television service to the capital has been cut. The fire -- coming just after a bomb blast in Moscow and the sinking of the submarine Kursk -- has prompted more talk about Russia's crumbling infrastructure.

Alan Cheuse reviews a new novel by T.C.Boyle called A Friend of the Earth. It's the story of an eco-terrorist andhis family. (1:45) The book is published by Viking Press.

We begin TV week with a show devoted to sitcoms. Many people will remember Sheila James Kuehl as Zelda Gilroy on the old TV show The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. Her TV career ended when rumors began to circulate that she was a lesbian — and those rumors were true. She became a prominent lesbian activist and women's rights lawyer in Los Angeles. In November 1994, she became the first openly gay or lesbian person to be elected to the California State Assembly.

NPR's Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg concludes a month-long series on female vocalists with a profile of Rosemary Clooney, whose new album is titled, Brazil. (7:19) Stations: Rosemary Clooney's latest CD Brazil is on Concord Jazz label; ASIN: B00004TQYE

NPR's Claudio Sanchez has this week's final Changing Face of America story on how technology is changing education. For six months out of every year, children of migrant workers travel the country with their families harvesting crops. This lifestyle makes it difficult for most of them to stay in school, but a handful of migrant kids have been given laptops to keep up with their classes...even when they're working thousands of miles away from home.

NPR's Tovia Smith reports on strikes at two military contractors: Raytheon in Massachusetts...which makes most of the patriot missiles...and Maine's Bath Iron Works, which builds Navy destroyers. Workers want better job security, a concern that is industry wide.