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The President is expected to call for the extension of Medicaid benefits to include uninsured children in his State of the Union address.

about the financial troubles facing Marvel Comics. The company declared bankruptcy last year...now, two billionaires are fighting for control of Marvel's popular characters, like Spider-man and the Incredible Hulk. Fans have been hurt by broken promises and a drop in quality, but stockholders in the publisher stand to lose even more.

Liane speaks with Salameh Ne'Matt (SAH-luh-may nay-MAHT) of the Arabic-language newspaper Al-Hiyat (AHL high-YAHT) in Jordan about the reaction in the Arab world to the current stalemate in talks between Israel and the Palestinians.

Robert talks with Jon Miller in Lima, Peru, about the latest developments in the hostage situation at the residence of the Japanese ambassador. Negotiations are underway with leftist rebels who are holding as many as 490 captives, including senior Peruvian officials and numerous foreign diplomats. The guerrillas are demanding the release of imprisoned comrades, a ransom, and safe passage to Peru's jungles.

and tobacco use is on the rise among eighth and tenth-graders.

or the V-chip due to be put into all new televisions.

NPR's Elaine Korry reports that the Oakland, California school district has declared "Ebonics" or black English to be a second language as a way of addressing the low performance of some black students. The school district says the move is intended to help black students the same way that English as a second language programs help new immigrants. But opponents of the idea say calling black English a distinct language simply validates bad grammar and won't help black students succeed.

NPR's Barbara Mantel has the first in a series of reports on student teacher Lea Ricci (LEE-uh RICH-ee), a student teacher at Fordham College who begins her first week of student teaching at Emerson High School in Yonkers, New York. Ricci will be paired with an experienced teacher at Emerson, and she says she's looking forward to learning from a teacher who's already worked with kids. But she's also hoping to try out some of her ideas about getting the kids involved in exciting, hands-on teaching methods, and wonders whether the reality of the classroom will accommodate her ideas about teaching.

about the unexplained events nearly four years ago in the Australian outback. Was the huge explosion, felt hundreds of miles away, a small earthquake, a meteorite crashing or worst of all, a nuclear blast?

NPR's Andy Bowers reports from Moscow on fears that old Soviet habits are creeping back into Russia. Human Rights groups cite as example the case of Alexander Nikitin (neh-KEE-tuhn). Nikitin wrote a report on nuclear waste contamination by the Russian Navy. He was arrested and charged with espionage and high treason.