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The city of Baltimore received a $300 million grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to replace some of its most rundown and dangerous public housing developments. Many of the families who lived in one of these projects, Lexington Terrace, say that even though the buildings were a haven for drug dealers and posed serious hazards to their children, they'll still miss the place they called home. Amy Bernstein reports from Baltimore.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports from the West Bank on the second day of pitched battles between Palestinian policemen and Israeli soldiers that have killed at least 30 Palesitnians and 11 Israelis. The violent demonstrations that have occurred in virtually every city on the West Bank and in Gaza forced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cut short a European visit and fly home to proclaim a state of emergency in the territories.

NPR's Melissa Block reports from New York City that Ramzi Yousef (RAHM-zee YOO-seff) and his two co-defendants have been found guilty in their trial, which accused them of a scheme to blow up American jets in retaliation against the United States for its policies in the Middle East. Yousef still faces charges that he masterminded the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center.

Commentator John Chambers wants to highlight what he says is a rare occurrence in Washington: a genuine joint effort by the EPA, Congress, and the Clinton Administration to help clean up brownfields. Brownfields are abandoned industrial sites which have been devastated by the environmental impact of industry. These blighted areas, which are often in inner cities, may now be cleaned up due to a major new initiative designed to bring brownfields back to life.

Lawyers for Oklahoma City bombing suspect say they faked a confession by their client as part of a ploy to persuade a witness to talk. The alleged "confession" was published in The Dallas Morning News on the Internet. Linda talks with Ronald Rotunda, a law professor at the University of Illinois, about whether the defense team revelation has any precedence, and whether the information they revealed will remain protected under attorney-client privilege in the courtroom.

NPR's Edward Lifson reports from Germany on the preparations for Christmas in Berlin. There's a huge Christmas fair in the eastern part of the city. Visitors can see the Weihnachtsman (VY-nawks-mahn) who is nothing like the jolly old elf we know here...buy ornaments and carved nativity scenes the size of match boxes, or listen to a huge calliope and ride a giant ferris wheel.

We remember Herbert Zipper, a Viennese conductor who formed the Dachau Orchestra. He died Monday at the age of 92. Linda talks with Paul Cummins, who wrote Mr. Zipper's biography. Mr. Zipper was first imprisoned by the Nazis at Dachau, then later at Buchenwald. He composed "Dachau Song," a resistance song that spread from camp to camp. After the war Mr. Zipper settled in the U-S and continued to teach music, especially to inner-city children.

between the Justice Department and Nationwide Insurance, whereby Nationwide will invest more than $13 million in minority housing in 10 cities. Attorney General Janet Reno announced the settlement yesterday, calling it the largest ever under the federal Fair Housing Act. Nationwide also agreed to make insurance more available and affordable to homeowners in minority neighborhoods.

A strike by 1,800 workers at Chrysler Corp. that began last Thursday is costing the auto maker $10 million a day, forcing it to halt production at four assembly plants that produce Dodge pickups and vans and Jeep Grand Cherokee sport utility vehicles. And in Oklahoma City, a strike at a General Motors Corporation assembly plant that produces the Chevrolet Malibu and Oldsmobile Cutlass entered its 11th day. From Detroit, NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports from Jerusalem that behind last month's eruption of violence over an obscure archaeological tunnel lies the bigger issue troubling the city's future: the challenge to the status quo whereby each religion respects and honors the holy places of their rival religions. That Palestinians are sensitive to each and every change in the makeup of Old Jerusalem can be explained by the fact that militant Zionists are insisting on encroaching and praying in the Muslim's holy sanctuary of Haram al Sahrif, on top of the Temple Mount.