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this morning. He was 79 years old.

NPR's Margot Adler reports on those in life who enjoy and even revel in a major snowfall.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli visits with some young people from Banja (BAN-yah) Luka, the Serb-held city which was the headquarters of the Bosnian Serb Army. Little was known about the city during the war as reporters were blocked from visiting it. The local economy now produces almost nothing for export and only about ten percent of the local population is legitimately employed. Young people in Banja Luka are skeptical about the future and maintain a deep aversion for the Bosnian Serbs.

in the U.S. Capitol Dome's Statuary Hall: Each state is allowed two statues, but Colorado has only one. It seems the state can't agree on who the second statue should represent.

NPR'S DEREK REVERON REPORTS ON THE LEGACY OF FOOTBALL COACHING GREAT DON SHULA, WHO OFFICIALLY LEFT THE MIAMI DOLPHINS YESTERDAY AFTER MORE THAN 30 YEARS. 4:30.

CONFINEMENT FARMING...RAISING HUGE QUANTITIES OF ANIMALS HEADED FOR OUR DINNER TABLES IN VERY SMALL SPACES...IS BOTH BIG BUSINESS AND A BIG ISSUE IN NORTH CAROLINA -- ESPECIALLY AFTER A NUMBER OF INCIDENTS LAST YEAR IN WHICH LAGOONS FULL OF ANIMAL WASTE OVERFLOWED.

The 104th Congress officially begins its second session this week. But NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that with budget negotiations still at an impasse, lawmakers are expected to accomplish few legislative matters this session. Today, the debt limit was the issue going back and forth between the White House and Congress. House Majority Leader Dick Armey says House GOP will block raising the debt limit until the White House accepts much of their agenda.

that First Lady Hillary Clinton will testify before a federal grand jury in Washington on Friday. Her testimony was requested by Whitewater Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr. Mrs. Clinton is expected to answer questions about billing records from her Little Rock law firm. A Senate committee sought those records for two years before they suddenly turned up earlier this month.

DRIVING TEST: Sixteen year-old essayist Tamara Keith relates her ecent harrowing experience of taking the California state driver's license est.

Essayist Lester Sloan relates the experiences of classical pianist arl Jerome Malry (MAL-ree). Malry was the first African-American to be nvited to participate in the pretigious International Tchaikovsky ompetition. Malry also shares a love of traditional jazz and blues.