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Reporter Tamara Keith follows a special crime unit that tracks down agriculture criminals in California. These officers hunt down orange thieves, cattle rustlers and other criminals that cost farmers and ranchers millions of dollars each year.

Scott Jagow of member station WFAE reports on the murder trial of former NFL player Rae Carruth. Carruth is accused of hiring someone to kill his pregnant girlfriend and faces the death penalty if found guilty.

In the first of a five-part series on the Clinton foreign policy legacy, NPR's Mike Shuster reports on President Clinton's mixed record on arms control and nuclear non-proliferation.

Harsh winter weather this year means ski resorts have been busier than usual...even in the South. Melanie Peeples reports on skiing as far South as Georgia and Alabama.

NPR's Jackie Northam reports from Chicago on rising natural gas prices. Colder than normal temperatures have greatly increased demand for natural gas in much of the Midwest.

After spending three years in Russia covering the country's political and social changes, NPR Correspondent Michelle Kelemen has returned to the US with a reporter's insight into life in the former Soviet Union. She talks with host Lisa Simeone.

NPR's Brian Naylor reports that while Attorney General-designate John Ashcroft was the subject of a relatively civil confirmation hearing inside the Dirksen Senate Office Building, special-interest groups from the right and left held noisy rallies outside the capitol regarding the nomination.

As more of northern Nigeria's predominantly Muslim states implement Islamic law, new tensions are appearing within local communities. Ivan Watson reports on a Nigerian girl facing 100 lashes after becoming pregnant out of wedlock.

The Bush transition team is employing the help of advisory committees to work out policy for the new administration. NPR's Peter Overby reports fifteen committees -- staffed in many cases by experts from lobbying groups and trade associations -- are writing policy memos and offering advice to the next president.

Western governors are meeting in Sacramento today to work out a deal on energy transfers to California. The state continues to struggle for a solution to its energy crisis as they deal with critically low power reserves and nearly bankrupt utility companies. NPR's Richard Gonzales reports.