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From Member Station WBNI, Kristen Durst reports Fort Wayne, Indiana is hiding an architectural treasure. A house designed by renowned architect Michael Graves lies outside the city in a state of dilapidation. Yet there is little hope it will ever recapture the grandeur its designer intended.

Host Bob Edwards talks with author and stand up comic Wallace Wang about how computer users can protect themselves from internet dangers. Privacy and personal information CAN be protected online...he says it just takes some work. Wang's book is "Steal This Computer Book 2: What They Won't Tell You About the Internet."

NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on President-Elect George W. Bush's trip to Washington. Yesterday, he met at the capitol with leaders of both parties from the House and Senate. Bush says he still plans to send an education reform bill to Congress after he takes office, and he will also pursue a large tax cut, though some Republican leaders seem wary of it.

NPR's Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg continues her December series on "giving," in a conversation with Lois Lowry, author of the Newberry Award winning novel, The Giver. It's a coming of age tale aimed at adolescents.

Noah talks with Dan Roth, who's a senior editor at Fortune Magazine about why the magazine voted The Container Store the best company to work for. It's the second year in a row the magazine has done so.

The Web is disproving the notion that the larger the project, the more managers, or "layers of control" are needed. Instead people are able to publish a newsletter, a book, start a company, even send mail, without having to get some sort of permission first. Commentator David Weinberger says this will ultimately change the way we think about authority.

NPR's Peter Overby reports that with a new administration coming to Washington comes the fierce competition among think tanks as to which one will be "the" think tank of a Bush presidency.

NPR's Melissa Block remembers John V. Lindsay, the charismatic two-term New York City mayor who was in office during the years of urban unrest and the Vietnam War. Lindsay died Tuesday night at the age of 79.

NPR's David Kestenbaum reports that the Agriculture Department has created national standards for organic foods. A new USDA Organic seal will be given to foods produced WITHOUT genetically modified seeds, growth hormones, and other processes associated with traditional food products. Government officials say the new organic rules are among the toughest in the world, but some farmers say they may be bad for business.

NPR's Phillip Martin reports that key African-American religious leaders meeting with President-elect George W. Bush are raising questions about what strategy the black community should take with the new administration.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Joe Stephens, investigative reporter for the Washington Post, about the paper's series called The Body Hunters. The series is exploring how US pharmaceutical companies are taking their research and development programs abroad. This way of doing business is not illegal, but there are ethical questions as companies seek cheaper and less stringent regulatory markets to do what they can't do in the US.

NPR's Renee Montagne talks with literary sleuth Don Foster about his new book Author Unknown: on the Trail of Anonymous. Foster has made a name for himself by putting a name on works when their authors don't. He's been credited with discovering the author of Primary Colors, he discovered that a poem signed by W.S. was indeed a lost work of Shakespeare. recently, Foster believes, that Clement Clarke Moore did not write the classic the Night Before Christmas. Foster says it's actually the work of Major Henry Livingston, a veteran of the Revolutionary war, who penned the poem in 1823.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's John McChesney about popular hand-held computers that are selling well this holiday season. Traditional products like Palm Pilots are giving way to Handspring models, as well as so-called pocket P-C's. Many of these small computers feature innovative functions like cell phone and digital camera capabilities.

NPR's Sarah Chayes reports on the launch of Europe's Airbus Industrie's A-380 super-jumbo jetliner. The 555-passenger jet will surpass Boeing Co.'s 747 as the world's largest passenger plane. The Clinton administration says the government-subsidized loans to Airbus for the A-380 violates trade agreements and is planning to take the issue to the World Trade Organization.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports on George W. Bush's new appointee: Secretaries of Commerce, Treasury, Agriculture, and Housing and Urban Development.

NPR's Peter Overby reports on the recent announcements of appointees by President-elect George W. Bush. Bush named New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman for the appointment of administrator to the Environmental Protection Agency and former Missouri Senator John Ashcroft for the appointment to Attorney General of the United States.

Last night a Los Angeles judge overturned the convictions of three LAPD officers involved in the corruption scandal in which police were found to brutalize and falsely arrest innocent citizens of crimes they didn't commit. NPR's Ina Jaffe reports.

NPR's Ted Clark reports on collapse of peace negotiations between Israel and Palestinian officials who met earlier today with President Clinton at the White House here in Washington.

When subway workers started digging underneath Los Angeles, they discovered fossils from the city's pre-historic past. Lisa speaks with the L.A. Transit Authority's paleontologist, Bruce Lander.

Lisa talks with NPR's Sylvia Pogioli in Belgrade as Serb elections for the 250-seat parliament are held today. Watchers expect to see a turn in the polls away from the remaining supporters of former President Slobodan Milosevic and in favor newly elected President Voijslav Kostininica.

NPR's David Kestenbaum reports on the Queen's English. Today Queen Elizabeth delivers her annual Christmas address and according to the journal, Nature, her accent is not what it used to be. Her vowels are closing and she's starting to sound a bit more like a commoner. It is unlikely that her accent will slip much further but whether the Queen's English will be retained for future generations is still unclear.

Commentator Agate Nesaule remembers how after losing home and family to two wars, her Latvian family had held on to one cherished Christmas tradition.

NPR's Bob Edwards speaks with sports commentator John Feinstein about the doldrums of professional basketball. Feinstein says the NBA is trying to overcome the retirement of Michael Jordan.

NPR's Richard Knox reports on scientific tests studying the possibility of regeneration of limbs and organs in humans.

For NPR news, Gina Wilkinson reports Thailand's next election may be a test of the country's political legitimacy. Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai has tried to promote a new era of clean politics but his legacy is threatened. Taskin Shinawatra, a telecommunications tycoon and one of the richest men in Thailand is ahead in the opinion polls. For the people of Thailand this could mean that economic stability is more important than a government free of corruption.