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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.

- Daniel talks with musician "Vinx." His real name is Vincent De Jean Parrette. He hails from Kansas City and at one time held the world record in the track and field event called the triple jump. He was also on the 1980 U.S. Olympic team that fell victim to a boycott. Music Vinx says though has always been his love from the time he was a young boy playing the bongos in the closet of his parents home.

The streets of South St. Petersburg, Florida are quiet today. The city is cleaning up from last night's riot - over 20 buildings burned, stores were looted and at least 11 people were injured. Police and community leaders met today to try to keep the situation calm. The riot began when a white police officer shot and killed a black motorist. From member station WUSF, Sally Watt reports.

to relax limits on intelligence gathering by the Department's anti-terrorist division. The ATD had been operating under harsh restrictions imposed in 1984, following a court battle with the ACLU. The city council was expected to pass the new plan, with little opposition.

Author Patrick Chamoiseau's (sham-wah-ZOHZ) home island of Martinique was irrevocably changed by the abolition of slavery over a century and a half ago...and the migration of former plantation slaves to the city is the focus of his novel. Originally written in a mixture of French and Creole, it won France's most prestigious literary award--the Prix-Goncourt (PREE-gonn-CORE) --in 1992, and has just been translated into English. Alan Cheuse has a review. (STATIONS: "Texaco" will be published at the end of February by Pantheon.)

this week that will determine the admissibility of some forensic evidence in the Oklahoma City bombing trial. Defense lawyers are challenging the government's list of expert witnesses, many of whom have come under scrutiny for allegedly botching the collection and testing of evidence from the bomb scene.

David Willey reports from Palermo, Sicily, that delegates from around the world signed a treaty this week on combating trans-national crime. The treaty pledges the signatories to take measures against money laundering and includes protocols against the smuggling of immigrants and trafficking in women. The conference was held in Palermo -- the birthplace of the Cosa Nostra mafia. The city has now taken great strides to root out organized crime.

Morning Edition commentators share their ideas on how to jump-start the U.S. economy. Strategies range from placing a moratorium on payroll taxes to enforcing "regime change" in Iraq. And one commentator thinks an airdrop of cash over major American cities would solve the nation's money woes.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Weekend Edition sports commentator Ron Rapoport about the year in sports. From the Olympic figure skating flap in Salt Lake City to the controversy over women at Augusta National, women were at the center of two big sports stories in 2002. Ron and Scott also make early Super Bowl predictions.