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Amy Quinton reports on a new federal appeals court ruling to reinstate school busing in Charlotte, North Carolina. The recent decision means administrators have to assign more than 100-thousand students to new schools.

NPR's Larry Abramson reports that America Online hopes the Federal Communications Commission will approve AOL's proposed merger with Time-Warner within the next few days. The Federal Trade Commission gave its approval last month.

Mitch Teich of member station KNAU reports from Prescott, Arizona on "community supported agriculture," a movement that creates partnerships between consumers and small farmers. The idea is to preserve small farms and provide consumers with economical, fresh food.

NPR's Peter Overby reports on campaign finance reform and how the issue will affect the new republican administration. Arizona Senator John McCain is vowing to challenge President-Elect George W. Bush with a new reform bill in the next congressional session.

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.