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Some lawmakers want to create a new domestic intelligence agency. They say the FBI can't handle the dual roles of law enforcement and gathering intelligence to thwart terrorism. But others worry civil liberties will be curtailed. NPR's Larry Abramson reports.

Massachusetts is letting clammers back into Boston Harbor's mudflats -- if they help watch for suspicious activity. After the Sept. 11 terrorism attacks, the harbor was closed to fishermen digging for clams because of its proximity to Logan Airport. NPR's Chris Arnold reports.

U.S. colleges and universities will soon be required to enter all foreign students' addresses and course loads into a central database for the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Federal officials say the new database could help identify potential terrorists. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports.

By the Pentagon's estimate, thousands of military families in the United States live in poverty. Despite recent salary increases, many enlisted men and women say they are unable to afford food and other basic needs. Brian Mann of North Country Public Radio reports.

Dr. Seuss' Grinch was a mean one. He hated Christmas so much that he decided to steal it --presents, the Whos' feast, tree and all. NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports on the grumpiest holiday character since Scrooge as part of the Present at the Creation series.

The budget crisis felt by many states is filtering down to the local level. Rural counties feel the crunch most. They count on state money to make up for a lack of local business and industry. NPR's Greg Allen reports.

Governors and state legislatures across the country are looking at tax hikes and deep cuts in services as they grapple with the worst crisis in state finances since World War II. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

British punk rocker and The Clash frontman Joe Strummer dies at his farmhouse at age 50. Strummer came of age in a hard-living milieu where people died young, but no one expected it in his case. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports.

NPR's Jim Zarroli concludes a four-part series on the effects of deregulation with a report on growing consumer dissatisfaction with less regulated markets and how some of the failures of deregulation might be overcome. Promises that deregulation would create more competition and lower costs have not materialized in some industries, such as local telephone service, cable television and electrical utilities.

A growing number of Latino children are crossing the U.S. border to attend private schools in Mexico. Schools there are less expensive, and parents hope the experience will help their children become truly bicultural. Beth Ford of member station KPBS reports.