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The Supreme Court is studying an attempt by two former Los Angeles police officers to avoid any further time behind bars for their part in the Rodney King beating. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports.

Supreme Court today dealing with cable television programming. At issue is whether cable operators have the constitutional right to restrict so-called indecent programs.

NPR's Joe Palca reports that legislation that kept the federal government open also restricted funding of research on human embryos. Opponents of the research say it is unethical. But proponents say it could lead to important understanding that could help improve fertility treatments.

Commentator Paul Durrenberger muses about our obsession with the weather. The subject often works its way into telphon conversations--especially long distance. Its as if we think if we know what the weather will be wecan do something to change it.

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports that the fight for the soul of the Republican party got underway in earnest today, as Pat Buchanan, riding the momentum of his New Hampshire victory, campaigned in South Carolina. Buchanan pushed economic nationalism hard and appealed to former Phil Gramm supporters, one of whom, Phyllis Schafely of Eagle Forum fame, joined his team today.

Daniel talks with Utah Republican Governor Michael Levitt and Deleware's Democratic Governor Thomas Carper about the Federal Budget winding thru Congress. States are being handed responsibilities for programs that for several decades have been run by the Federal Government. The two governor offer their opinions as to whether their states are ready for the added responsibility.

Daniel talks with New York Times reporter Nicholas Kristof about how the Japanese government recruited tens of thousands of Japanese women into prostitution following World War Two. The women were sometimes pressed into service against their will. Their clients were American G.I.'s.

Daniel talks with a new young poet - Matthew Rohrer - whose first book is called "A Hummock in the Malookas" (W. W. Norton and Company). Rohrer's surrealist poetry gives life to the thoughts and feelings of inanimate objects - like a bridge, a fork, a mop. Following the Rohrer interview is a song by the Baltimore group 'Three Pigs Cafe' called 'The Thank-you Song'.

NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on the arrest and conviction of the ring-leaders of a bird smuggling operation in California. The smugglers would sneak the eggs of rare birds into the country, raise them, then sell them on the black market for tens of thousands of dollars a piece.

to return as a pre-condition for a lasting peace. But after nearly three decades of Israeli occupation, thousands of Israeli civilians now live on the Heights, and they don't want to leave.

NPR's Melissa Block reports that snow storms have made or broken many a politicians career. She will assess how different cities' and states' key politicians are coping with the response to the Blizzard of 1996, and what lessons have been learned by past politician's failures.

In the aftermath of the plane that crashed into an open marketplace in Zaire, scavengers have descended upon the wreckage to take anything they can sell or trade. Washington Post correspondent Lynne Duke is in Kinshasa, Zaire, and talks to Robert about the possible mysterious destination of the plane and why a marketplace was alongside an airport.

NPR'S Margot Adler reports that the public schools in New Haven, Connecticut have had their share of problems: high dropout rates...rampant teen pregnancy...the kind of urban disfunction that makes going to school really tough, for kids and teachers alike. Five years ago, in an effort to turn things around, the New Haven schools embarked on an ambitious experiment...one designed to teach kids the life skills they'd need to grow and develop as emotionally healthy adults...to acquire what some researchers have called "emotional literacy"...or "emotional intelligence."

Jon Kalish reports on two congregations in New York for deaf Jews. The ability to speak Hebrew is very important for Jewish worship. What makes these congregations special is the way they prevent Hebrew from becoming an obstacle between deaf worshipers and their faith.

NPR's Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says that the shutdown of the Federal Government, now being felt far beyond the Capitol Beltway, may turn out to be the defining issue of the 1996 Presidential race.

George Kerscher is his daughter Zoey's biggest fan. She's on her high school basketball team and he goes to every game. William Marcus reports that when she started, he could see fine...now he's nearly blind. So a retired sportscaster sits next to George at every game and gives him a play by play.

a patient who had a recurrence of breast cancer a year and a half ago, and elected to have a bone marrow transplant in an attempt to beat the cancer.

Noah Adams speaks with Jon Krakauer, author of Into the Wild. Mr. Krakauer pieces together the true story of a daring young man who walked into the Alaskan wilderness with nothing but a .22 caliber rifle and a ten-pound bag of rice. Krakauer orginally wrote this story for Outside magazine and has continued his pursuit of the story of Chris McCandless, who had intended to demonstrate his survival skills in the wilderness in 1992 but instead starved to death. (8:00) (published by Vi

Marion Winik shares her New Year's Resolutions.

Michael Frank of the Heritage Foundation, and Steven Wagner of the polling firm, Luntz and Associates about the second session of the 104th Congress. The budget stalemate has been keeping lawmakers occupied, but other big issues remain on the Republican agenda.

Commentator Paul Durrenberger says water is one of those forces that is just difficult to control. Old Chinese philosophers used water as a metaphor for slow movement but certain and eternal growth. Ultimately, Durrenberger says, all human existence is a minor transitory obstruction in the middle of a great hydrological circle.

Noah speaks David McCumber and Tony Annigoni, authors of a

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that Sen. William Cohen, a Republican from Maine, announced this morning that he will not seek re-election this year to a fourth term. Cohen's announcement brings to 13 the number of U.S. senators who have said they will be leaving the Senate, the largest number in one year ever. Cohen, a moderate who had been critical of other moderates bailing out of politics, cited frustration with the current budget stalemate for his decision.

State of the Union address and Dole's response.

an experiment with privatization of schools.