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Commercial fishing is threatening the Atlantic dogfish population. Member station WBUR's Monica Brady reports on new rules to protect the fish, which itself became popular as a substitute for other victims of over-fishing like cod and haddock. (

NPR's Laura Sydell reports on a Buddhist activist who's helping people on death row -- as a Private Investigator. Melody Ermachild Chavis gathers evidence in an effort to convince appeals courts to change verdicts or reduce sentences. (

Israeli military leaders are expressing cautious optimism the worst may be over after a day of relative calm in the West Bank. NPR's Linda Gradstein reports from Jerusalem.

NPR's Andy Bowers talks with host Bob Edwards from outside the Florida Supreme Court. He will tell Bob about the arguments opening this morning and report on the scene at the court.

NPR's Sarah Chayes report from Nice, France, where European Union leaders today opened a summit meeting aimed at overhauling the Union's governing institutions. The summit began amid noisy protests from anti-globalization demonstrators.

NPR's Jackie Northam reports on the logistics of flying a couple of bears halfway around the world. The two pandas that arrived at the National Zoo in Washington, D-C yesterday, came over on a special airlift from China.

M'hari Saito reports on Pennsylvania's York County Prison. The county makes a lot of money on the facility, housing prisoners for the Immigration and Naturalization Service. But critics say the detainees aren't getting the treatment they deserve.

In Austin, NPR's John Burnett reports on Governor George W. Bush's post- Election Day plans, including his strategy to show the country he's assured that he will be the country's next president.

Robert talks with NPR's senior national political reporter, Elizabeth Arnold, who provides an overall picture of the political strategy of both the Bush and Gore campaigns, and how they are trying to sell themselves to a nation nearly equally divided.

NPR's Diplomatic Correspondent Ted Clark reports on today's White House meeting between President Clinton and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.