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NPR's Martha Raddatz reports on the US launch of 27 cruise missiles against Iraqi air defense targets. The attacks were ordered in retaliation for the Iraqi army incursion into the Kurdish city of Irbil in the UN-protected northern exclusion zone of Iraq. Iraqi president Saddam Hussein threatens to ignore UN established no-fly zones over its territory, and vows to shoot any US or Allied planes out of the skies.

When the comedienne, Gilda Radner, of Saturday Night Live fame, died of ovarian cancer in 1989, comedy writer Alan Zweibel, felt the deep loss of a friend, companion, and soul mate. Now, Zweibel has written a play based on his friendship with Radner called, "Bunny Bunny - Gilda Radner: A Sort of Romantic Comedy." Daniel talks with Zweibel about Radner and the play he wrote in her memory. "Bunny Bunny" opens at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York City on Sunday.

Security in midtown Manhattan is tight, but New York City officials say they're ready for the thousands of people who will celebrate the new year at Times Square. Along with fireworks, confetti and balloons, partiers will find heightened security and officers ready to search their bags. NPR's Margot Adler reports.

David Callahan's book Kindred Spirits chronicles the achievements of Harvard Business School's class of l949. The year produced leaders of many top American enterprises, including Xerox, Bloomingdale's, Capital City-ABC and the Sequoia Fund. Callahan speaks with NPR's John Ydstie and Joe Nocera of Fortune magazine.

The New York City police department asks a federal judge for permission to spy on political groups, before having evidence of wrongdoing. The police department says the increased powers are necessary in order to fight terrorism. Critics say existing rules are flexible enough to give police the latitude they need. Marianne McCune reports.

Noah Adams talks with Steve Sternberg, a reporter for USA Today about the 8th Annual Retrovirus Conference in Chicago. At the conference, the Centers for Disease Control announced it will use a new tactic in fighting the spread of the AIDS, emphasizing the need to educate people already infected with HIV. The goal is to cut the number of new infections in half by the year 2005. Also released at the conference: a study that shows a third of gay black men in large U.S. cities are HIV positive.

The Living Daylights are a young trio from Seattle that mix jazz, rock, and Eastern European influences to create music that's hard to categorize. Some critics have described it as jazz-rock fusion...but it's much more edgy than its' 1970's predecessor. Living Daylights' new CD is called, Electric Rosary. Marcie Sillman, of member station KUOW, has a profile. (7:45) Electric Rosary, by the Living Daylights is on Liquid City Records, catalog number LQC 35454.

The Ivory Coast's military government has decreed a state of emergency and imposed a curfew on the country's main city, after troops clashed with supporters of an opposition candidate from Sunday's presidential election. Military ruler General Robert Guei called off the vote-count and proclaimed himself the victor in the election. But initial returns showed the opposition leader Laurent Gbago with a commanding lead -- and he has also declared himself president. NPR's Kenneth Walker in Abidjan reports.

The mayor of Denver, Colorado says he doesn't want to jump on the bandwagon of cities renaming their sports stadiums after corporate sponsors. AT&T Broadband, Janus Capital Corporation and Invesco have all expressed interest in paying to have their names on the new home field for the Denver Broncos football team. Noah Adams talks with Mayor Wellington Webb about why he wants to keep the name "Mile High Stadium," despite the possible benefits to taxpayers from a corporate name.

Robert talks with Judith E. Daykin, President of City Center in Manhattan, about the discovery of valuable scripts in a closet that may not have been opened for forty years. The scripts were in Max Liebman's closet. Liebman was a producer of the early television comedy series Your Show of Shows, The Admiral Broadway Revue and other television productions. He died in 1981, and the closet in his office was closed and painted shut.