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Beth Fertig of member station WNYC reports that much of the success of workfare in New York City hinges upon the cooperation of the city's powerful labor unions...unions which are growing increasingly skeptical about the role and motives of the workfare programs.

This year's winner of the National Book Award for poetry is Haydn Carruth for his collection of poems entitled "Scrambled Eggs and Whiskey: Poems 1991-1995". Carruth did not attend last night's awards ceremony in New York City because of poor health. For many years he has struggled with depression so severe that at times he has been unable to leave his house. Rebekah Presson has this profile of Carruth, who at age 75 has won many prestigious awards for his poetry and literary criticism.

Officials at the Army's Aberdeen Proving Ground say they are searching for any other offenders in the sex scandal at the training installation. So far three male trainers, including two drill instructors have been charged with rape and sexual harassment of more than a dozen Army women. The base commander also says he's reiterating a "buddy system" policy, under which each recruit has a partner to keep watch over him or her at all times. NPR's Phillip Davis reports.

NPR's David Welna reports on the tensions in Nicaragua growing out of a dispute over the results of last month's presidential election. Even though Nicaragua's electoral council today finally confirmed the victory of the conservative former mayor of Managua, Sandinista candidate Daniel Ortega refuses to concede, saying there was fraud. The conflict is making the business community and foreign investors increasingly nervous.

Robert talks with Daniel Patrick Moynihan about his new book, "Miles to Go: A Personal History of Social Policy," a compilation of Moynihan's speeches and essays about social policy spanning three decades. (12:00) STATIONS: "Miles to Go: A Personal History of Social Policy" is published by Harvard University Press.

NPR's Chris Arnold reports that millions of Americans turned to the Internet to get their news on election night. CNN said its web site was getting 5 million "hits" an hour last night as people searched results on specific races rather than waiting for network coverage.

Daniel talks with NPR science correspondent Richard Harris about the crackdown this past year on tobacco companies. For the first time, strict federal restrictions have been placed on tobacco ads that might be seen by children, and several states are suing tobacco companies for damages incurred by providing healthcare to people suffering from tobacco-related illnesses.

Daniel talks with Alfred Montgomery of Belfast, Northern Ireland, about a wedding ring he found three years ago at the crash site of an American bomber which went down in World War II. After years of research, Montgomery traced the ring to the Kentucky widow of the plane's pilot and personally returned it to her.

The gift shop at the Richard Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, Calif., is reportedly the most successful of all the presidential library shops. Holiday shoppers head there to look for unusual presents. NPR's Ina Jaffe reports.

Rebel forces set free Uruguay's ambassador after his country provided the first concession of the hostage-taking, releasing two rebels imprisoned there.