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As George W. Bush fills his cabinet, he's hampered by his shortened transition period...and how long it takes the FBI to do hundreds of background checks. NPR's Barbara Bradley reports.

Janet Heimlich reports on the trend towards allowing juries to consider the option of sentencing defendants to life without parole rather than condemning them to death.

Reporter Steve McNally offers an update on the situation in Israel and the occupied territories. President Arafat and Prime Minister Barak were supposed to have met this weekend with President Clinton in Washington to discuss deal.

Last night, California's legislative assembly narrowly rejected a plan designed to ease the state's electricity crisis. NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on the legislature's efforts to regroup.

Legislators in Sacramento are scrambling to come up with a long term solution to California's energy woes. Ellen Ciurczak from member station KQED reports.

NPR's Barbara Bradley reports on legal challenges to the use of federal funds in some church sponsored social services. The issues include proselytizing and employment discrimination by those receiving federal money.

Brooke Gladstone, co-host of the NPR program On The Media, reports on the role of journalists in covering "Bloody Sunday," in Northern Ireland, January 30, 1972.

It's New Year's day today for countries observing the lunar Calendar. Commentator Trang Ho, a Los Angeles reporter, marked the holiday by returning to her native home of Vietnam.

Harriet Baskas reports on a travelling museum exhibit now in British Columbia. The show features the impact of the circus on art throughout history.

Kathy Witkowsky reports on Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt's efforts to toughen federal mining regulations as the Clinton administration comes to a close.