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NPR's Eric Westervelt reports on President Clinton's commutation of David Ronald Chandler's death sentence in the final days of his presidency. Now, many are looking back to Chandler's original conviction under the federal drug kingpin law and questioning how well the law really works.

NPR's Diplomatic Correspondent Ted Clark reports on the aftermath of the Lockerbie trial, and the life sentence handed down to a Libyan intelligence agent convicted of planting the bomb on board PanAm flight 103. Libya's leader Muammar Qadafi says he will unveil new evidence on Monday that proves the agent is innocent.

NPR's John Ydstie reports Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan changed course today and said that he now supports tax cuts. Greenspan told the Senate Budget Committee that new data suggest the nation can afford to undertake both debt reduction and tax cuts. Greenspan also said tax cuts would bolster the economy, especially if the recent downturn deepens into a recession.

NPR's Brian Naylor reports on the resurgence of NFL football in Baltimore. The Super Bowl this Sunday marks the return of a Baltimore team to the big game for the first time since the city's beloved Colts were taken away in the dead of night. Older fans still mourn the loss. But they've joined together with the younger generation to back the Ravens.

Beth Fertig of member station WNYC reports on two new members of the 107th Congress from New York, who hope to prove that bipartisan cooperation can work. Republican Felix Grucci and Democrat Steven Israel represent neighboring House districts on Long Island.

The Colombian soap opera Betty La Fea, or Betty the Ugly,, has become a nightly hit all over Latin America. It features a heroine with buck teeth, dirty hair and a very bad wardrobe. Reporter Steven Dudley visits the show's set in Bogota to find out why Betty is popular.

NPR's Snigdha Prakash reports on a gathering this weekend of some of the nation's most influential black thinkers, political, religious and business leaders. Only one in nine African-Americans cast their ballot for President Bush, and this day-long symposium was convened as a "State of the Black Union" meeting to address concerns important to African-Americans.

Part of the cause of California's energy crisis has been the rising cost of natural gas. In its place, NPR's Jack Speer reports that now coal -- once written off as an energy source of last-resort -- is again becoming one of the nation's most important sources of electrical power.

NPR's Melissa Block reports on the opening of the trial of four men charged with conspiracy in the bombing of two U.S. embassies in east Africa -- acts of terror the U.S. government says were orchestrated by Saudi exile Osama bin Laden.

NPR's Guy Raz reports on German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's plan to reform the German pension system. The plan is controversial because the German pension is highly valued by German workers, though some economists say the chancellor's plan doesn't go far enough in reforming it.