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The Justice Department announced yesterday that it would not appoint an independent counsel to investigate the fundraising activities of the Democratic National Committee. NPR's Barbara Bradley reports this decision is raising questions about the independent counsel law.

Lobbies - NPR's Kathy Schalch reports that the environmental lobby is focusing its campaign contributions on about 12 Congressional races, in an effort to make for a more environment-friendly legislature after the November election.

NPR's Tovia (TOE-vee-uh) Smith reports on the long suffering fans of the New England Patriots football team, which goes to the final round of the AFC playoffs this Sunday.

Kofi Annan, a career diplomat from Ghana, was chosen by the U-N's Security Council to be the international body's next Secretary General. NPR's Ann Cooper reports.

NPR's John Nielsen reports on plants that make a stink. For example: the voodoo lily. When it blooms -- people wilt.

A report on efforts by anti-abortion activists to promote abstinence-only education as a way to prevent unwanted pregnancies and abortions. NPR's Richard Knox has the story.

NPR's Michael Sullivan reports on the reaction in India to the death of Indian-born astronaut Kalpana Chawla.

Host Liane Hansen offers a correction to a recent piece from reporter David D'Arcy on the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford.

NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on the latest from the campaign trail with Texas Governor George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore.

NPR's Jack Speer reports on the Energy Department's new standards and guidelines for energy conservation on household appliances.