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NPR's Kenneth Walker reports on efforts to track down terrorists responsible for a series of recent bombings in South Africa. The attacks have killed three people and injured more than 100 in the past two years.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports it has been exactly one year since the Governor of Illinois declared a halt to executions and imposed the country's first moratorium on capital punishment. Since that time, several states have commissioned reviews of the death penalty process and are considering moratoriums as well.

President-elect George Bush has nominated Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. Thompson is best known for reforming the welfare program in his state. But as NPR's Julie Rovner reports, he has feuded publicly with the federal agency he now expects to run.

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports on the massive ice storm that struck the south this week. One of the communities hardest hit was the vacation destination of Hot Springs, Arkansas, where a national park was closed and hotels were forced to turn away guests when the town lost electricity and water earlier this week.

From member station WYSO, Aileen LeBlanc reports on how the end of the year also brought the end of an era for jazz music in Cincinnati. An AM station there has been playing jazz music for the last 40 years, but early this morning switched its format to religious programming.

NPR's Peter Overby reports that Senator John McCain may be one step closer to achieving campaign finance reforms. McCain's legislation has gained the support of a key colleague in the Senate, Mississippi's Thad Cochran.

Ivan Watson in Lagos reports a team of US military advisers has completed the first phase of a program to train Nigerian troops for peacekeeping duty in Sierra Leone. The training is part of a 50-million dollar program announced by President Clinton during a visit to Nigeria last year.

Jon Miller reports from Lima Peru on the release of a new book by Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto, whose new book focuses on the economic power of the poorer citizens of Peru. He says they actually own a huge proportion of their country's wealth.

Republican and Democratic leaders in the Senate reached agreement today on a power-sharing agreement to reflect the chamber's 50-50 split between the parties. The deal will put equal numbers of Democrats and Republicans on each committee, but will install Republicans in the chairmanships. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports from the Capitol.

Scott Horsley of member station KPBS in San Diego reports that California could face a home-heating crisis, in addition to the electricity crisis. Several natural gas suppliers are demanding payment in advance from Pacific Gas and Electric, one of California's largest natural gas and electricity providers.