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Host Bob Edwards talk with Cultural Geographer Derek Alderman about how Martin Luther King, Jr. has been memorialized in more than 500 cities and towns across the United States. Professor Alderman of East Carolina University says the issue of whether to have a street named after King is rarely controversial. More divisive questions include what kind of street it should be, and where the street should be located.

NPR's Martin Kaste reports from Rio de Janeiro that a plastic surgery revolution is sweeping Brazil this year, changing the image of the girl from Ipanema. Influenced by Hollywood pictures and fashion magazines, in Brazil, big is "in" this year.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says the incoming Bush Administration will take a new, less cordial approach to American dealings with Russia.

NPR's Nina Totenberg reports on a Supreme Court case that will decide if Alabama can deny a driver's license to someone who does not speak English. Lawyers for Mexican immigrant Marta Sandoval are arguing that Alabama's "English-only" driver's test violates the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

NPR's Sarah Chayes reports from Jerusalem on Israel's latest crackdown on the Gaza Strip, following the killing of a Jewish settler, whose body was found yesterday. Gaza has been sealed off, preventing Palestinians who work in Israel from reaching their jobs. The supply of materials going from Israel into Gaza also has been stopped, and that means loss of work for other Palestinians.

In part two of a week-long series on President Clinton's foreign policy record, NPR's Tom Gjelten examines US/European relations over the last eight years. There were numerous policy disagreements: the Balkans; the future of NATO; and trade. The emergence of the European Union has raised particular US concerns about the future of the NATO military alliance.

Commentator Lenore Skenazy has a secret for greater happiness: banish full-length mirrors. This comes after an unpleasant realization that an old, ugly person seen across the department store turned out to be her, in a full length mirror.

NPR's Gerry Hadden reports from San Alavador on the devastating weekend earthquake that left hundreds dead and thousands missing or homeless. The greatest disaster area was the low-income suburb of Santa Tecla, part of which was buried under a landslide triggered by the violent quake.

As the Clinton Administration prepares to leave Washington, NPR's Nina Totenberg examines the career of the nation's first female Attorney General, Janet Reno, and how she's survived eight turbulent years. Reno has held the post longer than anyone in the last 150 years. (12:30)Check out Nina's entire interview with Janet Reno.

In April of 1970, blues pianist Otis Spann flew to Boston to play a gig. With him were his wife, Lucille, and his band. The concert would be Otis' last. Before he flew to Boston, doctors had diagnosed Spann with terminal liver cancer -- he died three weeks after the concert. Peter Malick was one of Spann's guitarists. He recently found the recordings of the concert. Noah talks with him about the last days of the blues guitarist, and the meaning of that last gig. (6:15)Find out more at: http://www.otisspann.com.