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Linda speaks with Barbara Berger Opatowsky, the president of the Better Business Bureau of metropolitan New York about the variety of store policies regarding the return of merchandise. Ms. Opotowsky recommends bringing as much documentation about the source of a gift as one can find when returning something to the store of its origin.

" >Cloud Chamber." Rayona Taylor, a character Dorris introduced in his first novel, " >A Yellow Raft in Blue Water," resumes her genealogical search, this time focusing on her father's side of the family.

to deregulate its financial markets.

Noah talks with Lois Stiverson, manager of Bostwick's True Value Hardware in Chardon, Ohio, about the 33 inches of snowfall they've had since Saturday. Stiverson says they've been selling lots of shovels, snowblowers and batteries.

in Peru's hostage crisis. Last night a bomb exploded in the Japanese Ambassador's residence last night. Nobody appears to be hurt.

Ted Clark reports that as the U.S. broadens its war against terrorism, its embassies have begun to monitor how well other governments cooperate with the U.S. anti-terrorism efforts. The data, which many governments would rather remained confidential, will be published in the State Department's annual report on terrorism.

- A group of Muslim women living in the United States has just published a manual aimed at helping their sisters in the Muslim world achieve equality with men. NPR's Margot Adler reports that the manual, which shows how modern human rights declaration are consistent with the koran, will provide a how-to-guide for Muslim women's groups in five different countries to fight for their rights.

today in his wrongful death trial in Santa Monica, California. Some speculate that Simpson's appearance on the stand may be one of the most important aspects of the trial. The testimony is expected to last two or three days.

-- enough to kill 15,000 people -- this time in a bottle buried beside a railroad track. It was hidden by a member of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult that carried out the Tokyo subway gas attack.

NPR's Mara Liasson reports on President Clinton's most recent selections to fill Cabinet posts: William Daley for Secretary of Commerce and Bill Richardson for United Nations Ambassador. President Clinton has also asked Janet Reno to remain as Attorney General.