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an experiment with privatization of schools.

For a long time, nuclear power plant operators have been arning that storage space for used nuclear fuel rods is running out. The ederal government has promised to transfer the material to a controversial dump ite at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, but the Clinton administration says it could e years before a final decision is made. NPR's John Nielsen reports.

resumption of peace talks between Israel and Syria in rural Maryland. The experts will negotiate protocols for the hoped-for peace agreement. Both sides say the talks have been positive so far.

State of the Union address and Dole's response.

Essayist Susan Arnout (AR-no) Smith relates the story of ow she introduced some German visitors to Christmas caroling, "American-style"

Marion Winik shares her New Year's Resolutions.

Mara Liasson reports on President Clinton's State of the Union address delivered last night to Congress, and the nation. The president declared an end to the era of big government and he called on the Republicans never to shut down the federal government again.

Noah Adams talks to Dot Jackson, who lives by herself near the border between North Carolina and South Carolina. She says that she hasn't had power for two days because of the weather, but she isn't too cold because she has a wood stove. She says that whenever she goes to get wood, all the birds hiding from the cold in her woodpile fly out.

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