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Congress is passing a series of short-term funding measures for many government departments. But NPR's Phillip Davis reports that administrators are warning that they can't operate effectively without longterm spending plans.

Winter weather can sometimes bring out the poetry in people's ouls. Producer Julian Crandall Hollick and his wife Martine shovelled five feet f snow this week, but were able to pause and observe the ryhthms of life by atching cardinals in their back yard.

Noah reads from the latest batch of listeners' letters.

has changed since the Challenger disaster ten years ago Sunday. However, the space agency is worried that budget cuts and the continuing pressure to perform may undo a lot of those changes.

about the difficulty in implementing some of the provisions of the Dayton agreement.

Alan Lipke [LIP-kee] reports on a school district seeking to end a 25-year old desegregation plan. It claims to have done the best possible, considering housing patterns. Tampa is one of the few places where schools tried a district-wide desegregation plan that included both urban and suburban schools.

Reporter David Welna reports that last week 255 legislators from Mexico's ruling PRI party wrote a letter to President Ernesto Zedillo, criticizing Mexico's free market policy. The letter also urged the government to reassert control over the economy, promote lower interest rates and stablize the exchange rate. Although the legislators are now toning down their criticim somewhat, the attack on Zedillo and his policies has serious ramifications for the party.

GOLDFARB-SHARROCK-HOLLAND SCOTT HOLDS A DISCUSSION WITH MICHAEL GOLDFARB IN LONDON, DAVID SHARROCK OF THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER IN BELFAST AND JACK HOLLAND OF THE NEW YORK IRISH ECHO ABOUT THE REPERCUSSIONS OF THE LONDON BOMBING.

As Lebanon marks a year since a huge blast at the Beirut port, the sister of one of the victims is still working to pick up the pieces of her life and continue her search for justice.

Robert talks with Dr. Robert Williams, director of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, about newly discovered information about galaxies. Based on preliminary data captured by the Hubble telescope, there are believed to be 5 times as many galaxies as we thought until now. Instead of 10 billion galaxies, the sample of the universe studied suggests there are more like 50 billion. Also, the galaxies closer to us are more distinct in shape. The older galaxies, 8 to 10 billion light years from earth, are amorphous in shape.