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PR's Ted Clark reports China's late leader Deng Xiaoping (duhng shao-PING) altered the course of China by turning away from the policies of his predecessor, Mao Tse-tung (MAO zheh-DONG). In doing so, he transformed China into a world economic power... and he changed the way the West looked at the East.

As travelers get ready to fly home for the holidays, the US Public Interest Research Group phoned travel agents and airlines around the country to check out the "lowest fares" for various trips. As NPR's Jim Zarroli reports, the group found that there were huge variations in the quotes they got for the lowest fares.

Toni Randolph of member station WBUR reports on the confectionary company responsible for all those cute valentines hearts with strange and sometimes romantic sayings on them. The company has been making the heart for a century. They have more than one hundred different sayings and only change a few each year.

- Amid all the attention being focused on the multi-media and internet start-up firms in Silicon Valley, it's easy to get the impression that the rest of the United States is missing out on the boom in small businesses. But NPR's Chris Arnold reports that a new study shows boom towns are springing up in the most unlikley places.

NPR's John Nielsen reports that Congress held its first hearings today on the Clinton adminsitration's proposal to sharply curtail emissions of ozones and particulates. Industry officials complained that there's little science to back up the proposal. But Environmental Protection Agency officials say the science is strong enough to support the restrictions.

NPR's Edward Lifson reports on the most recent unemployment rates in Germany. Unemployment has reached levels not seen since since the depression more than 60 years ago. Analysts blame the rise on an unusually cold weather, a change in the employment practices and the continuing challenge of integrating the economies of the former East and West Germany.

Under the welfare reform act, benefits for thousands of legal immigrants will be cut off if they don't become US citizens by the end of August. But many are afraid they won't be able to take their oaths in time, because the Immigration and Naturalization Service is experiencing a 9 month backlog in processing applications for citizenship. NPR's Mandalit DelBarco reports.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports on the state of strategic arms reduction with Russia. There has been little movement in the past four years, and things remain at the START-II level. The Clinton administration has begun to consider the goals it will pursue in a third strategic arms reduction treaty.

Hirsh Goodman, Editor in Chief of the Jerusalem Report, speaks with Liane about the latest talks on the thorny issue of redeploying Israeli troops in the West bank town of Hebron. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met secretly last night with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. No deal was agreed to.

Jim Metzner has a report on Brazilian singer Marlui Miranda (mahr-LOO-ee mih-RAN-duh). Miranda went into the rainforest to research the music of Amazonian tribes; now, she's bringing a troupe of these Amazonian musicians to America for a tour that will bring the music of the rainforest to new audiences. (9:30) ((ST