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NPR'S Eric Westervelt reports on Atlantic City, whose residents voted to legalize gambling twenty years ago today. Touted at the time as an economic savior for the troubled New Jersey city...many of the promises have not held true...as Atlantic City is now undergoing a second wave of casino development.

Next week is the 75th anniversary of the first publication (in Paris) of James Joyce's masterpiece of modern literature, "Ulysses." The book's American obscenity trial resulted in a landmark court decision, and the hype surrounding the book raised issues that remain relevant today. The story of "Ulysses" is as much a story about savvy marketing and art as investment as it is about the First Amendment and a discerning readership. NPR's Dean Olsher reports.

NPR's John McChesney reports Intel, the world's largest computer-chip maker, is unveling a new generation of its popular pentium processor. The MMX chip will improve the way a computer handles video, audio and graphics, according to Intel officials. The new chip is said to be fully compatible with earlier chip designs and operating systems.

- A group of Muslim women living in the United States has just published a manual aimed at helping their sisters in the Muslim world achieve equality with men. NPR's Margot Adler reports that the manual, which shows how modern human rights declaration are consistent with the koran, will provide a how-to-guide for Muslim women's groups in five different countries to fight for their rights.

Human rights groups are urging American Christmas shoppers not to buy toys manufactured in China. The so-called "toycott" has been attempted before, but was not very successful. This year, the effort faces two more obstacles: the Clinton administration's delinking of the issues of trade and human rights... and the large number of Chinese-made goods available. NPR's Paul Miller has a report.

NPR'S Julie McCarthy reports that the Asian Pacific Economic Conference ended today on a high note. Leaders of APEC endorsed a U.S. plan to substantially eliminate tariffs on information technology by the year 2000. And there also was progress on the diplomatic front, with China's President Jiang Zemin and President Clinton agreeing to exchange state visits.

NPR's Joe Neel reports on San Francisco's efforts to get dramatic new AIDS treatments -- which often require complicated regimens -- to people whose street lives don't lend themselves to routine: the homeless, drug users, and the mentally ill.

From Chicago, George Ofman (OFF-mun) reports on today's suspension of controversial pro basketball star Dennis Rodman. Rodman, a forward for the defending NBA champion Chicago Bulls, was suspended without pay for at least 11 games and fined 25-thousand dollars for kicking a courtside photographer during a game this week. It is the second-longest suspension in National Basketball Association history.

NPR's Edward Lifson reports from Belgrade where the government of President Slobodan Milosevic has made a major concession to the Opposition. Tonight, on television, the Justice Ministry acknowledged that the Opposition had won local elections last November in Nis (NEESH), Serbia's second largest city. It was the annulment of the election victory in Nis and other cities that prompted daily protests for the past 50 days.

NPR's Cheryl Devall reports from St. Petersburg, Florida - the site of two riots this fall. The city's racial divisions are deep and long-lived. Citizens in the city's black community fear the police; white residents say they don't understand the black community's frustrations.