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Brennan was sworn in by Vice President Joe Biden using an original draft of the U.S. Constitution.

By Angela HattonMurray, KY – Despite high winds and heavy rain, preliminary estimates show western Kentucky had little damage from a fast-moving storm…

By Kenny ColstonFrankfurt, KY – Legislative leaders still disagree over new Congressional districts, but they have agreed on one thing: to extend the…

New York Times European diplomatic correspondent, CRAIG WHITNEY. WHITNEY is the author of a new book about espionage and spy swaps during the cold war in the two Germanies: "Spy Trader" (Times Books). Now living in Bonn, WHITNEY reports on the issues surrounding European unity: the rise of ethnic conflicts, and the crisis in Bosnia

NPR's Corey Flintoff reports that President Clinton today said that his administration would look for a way to circumvent a Supreme Court ruling. Earlier this week, the high court struck down a federal law that prohibited guns within 1000 feet of a schoolyard, saying that the Congress does not have the power to create such a law under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution. The President said that keeping schools safe should be a priority for the nation and charged the Attorney General with finding a way to continue enforcing the law.

President Clinton, in his Saturday radio address, said he answer to the welfare problem is "responsibility through empowerment". State fficials in North Carolina have been considering the prospect of requiring food tamp recipients to work for their government assistance. Adam Hochberg reports hat current plans to revamp the system are being met with local opposition as ounties realize the effects new work assignments may have on elderly food stamp ecipients.

NPR's Philip Davis reports that beginning this year, 27 states and the District of Columbia have been required, under the Federal Clean Air Act, to begin tougher automobile emissions testing. The rules would require motorists to have their cars tested at centralized test sites, as opposed to the local gas station, where much of the testing is now done. Most of the states involved are upset with the requirement, arguing they don't want to spend the money to build new tests sites. And motorists are angry, because of added inconvenience.

Maker - NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports on the case of Paul Kim, a high school senior in the Seattle suburbs who got into trouble because of a World Wide Web site he created on the Internet that made fun of his school. The site, which also included links to other Web sites that had sexually explicit material, was not connected to his school in any official way. Kim says that the principal of his high school stripped him of his chance to win a national merit scholarship because of the site.

Frank Zappa, considered by many to be one of rock music's most riginal artists, once owned all the rights to his master recordings. This is no mall feat in the music industry due to the fact that most recordings are owned y the record companies responsible for producing the albums. Failing health ventually caused Zappa to sell the rights to his music in order to provide for is family. Rykodisc is currently the owner of this musical library, and Steve owland reports that all 72 of Frank Zappa's original recordings are now being eleased on CD.

Daniel talks to Dan Lungren, attorney general of the state of California, about a new telephone initiative his office has put into place. The MOLESTOR HOTLINE is a number citizens can call to see if someone they want to employ who will come into contact with children is listed in a data bank of convicted child molestors. The hotline has only been up and running for a month but so far, the attorney general's office reports, nearly 9 percent of the callers have found a match for their inquiry.