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North Country Public Radio's Brian Mann reports on the decline of hunting. While some young men are learning to hunt from their fathers and grandfathers, many others -- particularly those who grow up in cities and suburbs -- aren't interested in the sport at all. (6:20)

Poet Ise Lyfe presents a poetry documentary on the violence afflicting Oakland, California. This year, the city has suffered more than 100 homicides. Many of the victims are young people. Ise Lyfe performs with the spoken word poetry project Youth Speaks in San Francisco, California. The documentary is produced by Youth Radio, in Berkeley, California.

Negotiations continue after a potentially crippling mass transit strike is put on hold. The union representing New York City subway and bus workers suspended the strike threat to allow more time for both sides to reach an agreement. Hear NPR's Madeleine Brand.

NPR's Margot Adler reports on the aftermath of a recent conference at Barnard College in New York City -- the start of a movement called "A Call To A Motherhood." The symposium at Barnard brought together women from the political right and left, in an attempt to transcend the tired debate over a woman's role in the workplace versus her role as a mother within her family.

Runners from Mexico reach New York carrying a torch in honor of the Lady of Guadalupe -- a symbol of hope for Mexico's down-trodden. In Manhattan, Mexican Americans packed a city block to greet the flame's arrival Thursday. Rachel Dornhelm reports.

Host Bob Edwards talks with film critic Ken Turan of the Los Angeles Times about the hits and misses of the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Among his favorites...a feature film about a detective with no short-term memory and a documentary about people who love chickens.

NPR's Michael Sullivan reports that a powerful earthquake has killed more than two thousand people in India, and the death toll is expected to rise. The epicenter was in the city of Bhuj in the western state of Gujarat, close to India's border with Pakistan. Hospitals in Gujarat have been flooded with injured people. Rescue workers are using chain saws and their bare hands, as they to reach people believed to be trapped in rubble.

NPR's Rob Gifford reports on the surprise trip to China by North Korea's Stalinist leader Kim Jong-Il. The reclusive Kim has been sighted visiting Shanghai -- the power house of Chinese capitalism. The last time he visited the city, in 1983, Kim denounced China as "revisionist." Now analysts believe Kim is interested in following China's path -- making economic, but not political reforms.

Film Festivals abound in Park City, Utah this week, home of the Sundance Festival and its upstart rival Slamdance, as well as several others. Frank Stasio talks with Peter Baxter, Slamdance executive director and co-founder, about his alterna-festival's roots and commitment to independent film. (NOTE: for more info, please visit the Slamdance website: http://www.slamdance.com/2001/ (6:00).

Even as family farms lose ground to corporate agriculture, city folks feel an emotional pull to farming. But as enthusiastic as they are, they don't know how to grow crops or raise livestock. NPR's Emily Harris visits a program at the University of Maryland that aims to instruct beginning farmers--those who hope to make some money at it, and those who just want to live the lifestyle.