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Jacki talks with John Mahr, the crime reporter for the Irish Times of Dublin. Mahr notes Dublin is experiencing a rise in heroin use and that many residents, unhappy with what they consider the police's inadaquate response, have turned to vigilante action to drive drug dealers from the city.

NPR's Margot Adler reports on a student counterfeit ring that was recently apprehended at New York City's Columbia Univeristy. Adler says the amount of money involved was small as conterfeiting schmes go, but the scene of the crime -- Columbia's ivy-covered campus -- was highly unusual.

Yesterday in Detroit plans were announced to move the city government into the building that has housed the General Motors headquarters since 1920. Roger Adams from WDET in Detroit reports that the move will help maintain the G.M. building, which many consider an architectural treasure.

of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, who thinks the city came out ahead after the Games, despite the snippy criticism from the IOC and some foreigners.

Robert talks with Eliahu Ben-Elissar, the Israeli Ambassador to the United States. The Ambassador tells what he believes to be the problems with the Hebron negotiations, which have thus far prevented an agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority regarding control of the West Bank city.

The city of Washington D-C is asking the federal government, which, for the most part, resides within its borders for financial help -- billions worth. NPR's Paul Miller reports on how Washington D-C got to be so needy.

The second oldest city in Belgium, Geraardsbergen (HAY-rards-bergen), celebrates its rich soil and bounteous river today by drinking live little fishes swimming in red wine. Not everyone in Begium thinks it's a tradition that should be continued. NPR's Edward Lifson reports.

NPR's Ina Jaffe reports that while the average weekday in Los Angeles brings traffic jams throughout the city and region, the air pollution is at its worst during the weekend. Scientists say the reasons for this are as hazy as the LA skyline.

A blizzard is whipping through the upper Midwest. The winter storm is expected to dump more than a foot of snow in several states. Many schools closed and airlines juggled schedules. NPR's Cheryl Corley reports from Chicago on the strongest storm to hit that city in nearly two years.

Usefulness has expired for 400 parking meters in Merrill, Wisconsin, so the city is selling them off.