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NPR's Claudio Sanchez reads a Southwest version of A Visit From St. Nicholas.

Scott speaks with Weekend Edition Saturday's sports commentator Ron Rapoport about the last weekend of the National Football League regular season before the playoffs.

Lisa talks with NPR's Sylvia Pogioli in Belgrade as Serb elections for the 250-seat parliament are held today. Watchers expect to see a turn in the polls away from the remaining supporters of former President Slobodan Milosevic and in favor newly elected President Voijslav Kostininica.

Last night a Los Angeles judge overturned the convictions of three LAPD officers involved in the corruption scandal in which police were found to brutalize and falsely arrest innocent citizens of crimes they didn't commit. NPR's Ina Jaffe reports.

A judge overturned the convictions of the police officers in the Ramparts corruption case in Los Angeles. Scott speaks with NPR's Ina Jaffe.

On the 100th anniversary of the birth of Antoine de Saint Exupery , reporter Alice Furlaud pays tribute to the Franch aviator and beloved author of The Little Prince.

When subway workers started digging underneath Los Angeles, they discovered fossils from the city's pre-historic past. Lisa speaks with the L.A. Transit Authority's paleontologist, Bruce Lander.

Yesterday, the Court of Appeals in New Orleans overturned the murder conviction of Wilbert Rideau, who spent nearly 40 years in prison for murder. Scott has some thoughts.

There is an electricity shortage in California. Two of the largest private utility companies in the state were granted emergency rate increases to avoid bankruptcy. But Los Angeles and about 30 other cities are not effected. That's because they are served by municipal power utilities. NPR's Andy Bowers reports.

For NPR news, Gina Wilkinson reports Thailand's next election may be a test of the country's political legitimacy. Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai has tried to promote a new era of clean politics but his legacy is threatened. Taskin Shinawatra, a telecommunications tycoon and one of the richest men in Thailand is ahead in the opinion polls. For the people of Thailand this could mean that economic stability is more important than a government free of corruption.