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Russian President Boris Yeltsin's prospects for the New Year. Bowers says that with Yeltsin's heart bypass surgery behind him, the Russian leader appears to be entering 1997 in a relatively strong political position. But he does have to contend with some enormous economic problems.

and important science story of the year...the announcement that scientists had found possible evidence of ancient life on Mars.

about the accuracy of public opinion polls during the 1996 elections.

is going to coordinate its efforts directly with a state. Virginia will put unemployed welfare recipients into the jobs left vacant after INS raids to remove illegal immigrants from low-wage, low-skill jobs.

about the latest opposition protests calling for the ouster of President Milosevic. The parliament of the new Yugoslavia was due to meet today, but the session was suspended amid growing signs of unease by the authorities.

about the year ahead for Hong Kong, which will revert to Chinese control in mid-1997. Hong Kong currently is a British 'crown colony.'

Noah talks about the closure of independent radio station B92 in Belgrade today. The government claims that the station was shut down because its was operating illegally...but Radio B92 was one of only two media outlets, along with a student-run station, broadcasting information regarding the ongoing protests against Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic. The station has now taken its message to the Internet.

Senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that the political pendulum has swung back to a period where states' rights are highly valued, with the latest round of innovation coming from Maryland, New York, Virginia and Hawaii.

This week, Chicago's O'Hare airport joins New York's LaGuardia airport in a test of a new weather prediction system that's designed to keep ice off planes in the air and on the ground. Aviation experts say it will keep planes flying on time and improve safety too. NPR's Christopher Joyce reports.

Roving correspondent Bob Garfield had to go to Nashville, Tennessee last year to deliver a speech. While he was there, he decided he'd like to write a hit country song. After enlisting the aid of almost everyone in the region, he ended up with a song...and a better understanding of the machinery behind the country-music industry.