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In recent years, there has been a sharp decline in the number of Catholics who are choosing religious vocations. Some predictions are dire...suggesting that many religious orders may soon disappear. Among Catholic nuns, there are more women over the age of 90 than under 30.The Church is also having to face the economic and social problems involved in caring for this elderly population. Producer Mary Beth Kirchner reports on the future of nuns in America.

stance, and endorsed the controversial decision by the Oakland school board to declare black English a separate language known as Ebonics . The plan is meant to improve comprehension and test scores by giving special attention to students having difficulty with language.

We hear the entire text of Frost's poem, "The Gift Outright", as delivered at the Kennedy inaugural.

After much anticipation and with much fanfare, Chevrolet unveiled the newest Corvette today. It's the first new model since 1984 and those who have seen it say it looks a little different. While it still has the classic curves, it also has a bulbous back end. Naomi Lewin of member station WKYU in Bowling Green, Kentucky has more.

Noah talks with Phil Boyer, president of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, about how small airports operate. Fourteen people died this week when a United Express turbo-prop and a private plane crashed at a small airport in Quincy, Illinois. Like most of the more than 18,000 airports in the United States, the Quincy airport did not have a control tower. Most such airports have good safety records. Boyer explains how pilots communciate with one another at non-towered airports to avoid accidents. They rely on radio...and their own eyes.

on the "State of Black America." Aside from some gains in political representation and black college enrollment, the report characterizes life in urban Black America as comparable to the years during the Great Depression.

a group of businesses near Las Vegas dedicated to the fruit. There's an Ocean Spray processing plant that puts out 600 bottles of juice a minute, a cranberry museum, and a giant talking cranberry. Susan even manages to mention in detail, a certain family recipe featuring the cranberry.

Musician Bill Doggett died November 13 at age 80. Doggett played piano and organ and is best known for his 1956 song, Honky Tonk. By 1979, the song had sold 3 million copies.

Commentator Bill Harley marvels at the recently discovered plant -- the world's oldest. He saves it's amazing that humans haven't gotten to it. He says it survived because its boring. It reminds him of the back of his refridgerator.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that House Speaker Newt Gingrich was re-elected as Speaker today, despite his admission that he had violated House rules. Only a handful of Republicans defected, despite doubts raised earlier by a couple of dozen GOP members about the wisdom of putting a tainted Gingrich back in charge. The election marked the opening of the 105th Congress.