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Tiger Woods has had a great week in golf -- winning two tournaments in three days. But he's coming under fire from fans and columnists for complaining to the PGA about money and marketing issues. To add to the mix, the father of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams has said his daughters deserve special appearance fees because they're so popular. NPR's Tom Goldman reports.

The holiday shopping season has been in full swing since 7 am Friday, when many of the nation's malls opened to swarms of shoppers. Thanksgiving weekend is often a gauge of overall sales volume in the weeks ahead. Economists and industry analysts are expecting this will be a good Christmas for retailers, but not the blockbuster season they saw last year. NPR's Elaine Korry reports from San Francisco.

U.S. President Bill Clinton ended his historic three- day visit to Vietnam Sunday with a call for stronger relations between the two countries. Now, a new collection of poetry is giving American readers an insight into one of Vietnam's most famous poets, Ho Xuan Huong, an 18th century woman. The collection is called Spring Essence and it's translated by John Balaban. Bridget Kinsella reports.

Jonathan Miller reports from Lima, Peru on President Alberto Fujimori's resignation, sent in a letter sent from Tokyo, and the decisions facing Peru's congress as a result. Fujimori's adversaries insist that he knew about and was involved in large scale corruption. Today, Peru's congress will begin deliberating about who will lead the country until elections are held in April and the transfer of power takes place in July.

Doctors and abortion clinics are receiving their first shipments of the abortion pill that was authorized for use in the U.S. in September. In France, where RU486 was invented, it was put on the market -- with difficulty -- in 1988. Now, it accounts for one-third of all abortions there. NPR's Sarah Chayes reports from Paris that French abortions are actually decreasing; still, pharmaceutical companies want little to do with the pill.

Jeff Brady of Oregon Public Radio reports on how some small and medium-sized cities have solved the problem with getting access to cable lines: they've started their own cable businesses. In Ashland, Oregon, competition from the city has made the private cable company widen its services, and provide open access to it's high-speed network for public schools and libraries. (

China has promised not to sell missiles or components to countries developing nuclear weapons. NPR's Ted Clark reports the U.S. State Department has waived sanctions against China based on this promise, but will still maintain sanctions against Pakistan and Iran, two countries that bought the weapons technology. Critics say China should still be punished.

In Austria, Joerg Haider's far-right Freedom Party is involved in a scandal over paying police to spy on its opposition. NPR's Guy Raz reports that national support for Haider's party has fallen in the last few weeks, and critics of the politician say the scandal is proof that he is a dangerous person. Haider's popularity in his home province however, is still high.

NPR's Chris Arnold reports on Liquid Audio. Unlike the free-music swapping Internet system, Liquid Audio was built to legally sell music for a profit. But Liquid Audio doesn't have as many songs as Napster. Meanwhile, Napster is facing its own restrictions, including legal battles, and a deal with a German company that could restrict what it can offer users in the future.

NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on the status of Dick Cheney's health. The Republican vice-presidential candidate checked into a hospital yesterday because of chest pain, which doctors later identified as a slight heart attack. Cheney has had coronary problems for more than 20 years, but his doctors are optimistic about his recovery from this latest attack.