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Noah talks to people who have been affected by the cold weather gripping the Midwest. He talks to Jim Miller, who owns and operates a wind farm in Brit, Iowa; and to Antonio Manzanares (man-zuh-NAH-rays) in Rio Arriba (REE-oh ah-REE-bah) County, New Mexico. Miller says that the high winds and denser cold air are good for his farm's productivity. Manzanares describes working with sheep in bitterly cold weather.

NPR's Ann Cooper reports that the United Nations is taking short-term security measures to more carefully screen mail and trying to make long-term security plans. But specialists in terrorism say bombs sent through the mail are hard to stop. Letter bombs addressed to an Arabic-language newspaper were disarmed at U-N headquarters in New York yesterday.

The Pinkwater clan has newly acquired an Inuit puppy named Lulu. The dog proves to have a remarkable intelligence and aptitude for training. She is curious, perceptive, and willing to be trained. Commentator Daniel Pinkwater thinks that her bloodline includes some wolf.

over the preliminary injunction issued by a U.S. district court judge which prevents the enforcement of Proposition 209. The voter-approved measure bans racial preferences in hiring and selection processes in California.

NPR's Dean Olsher sends us an audio postcard from the lobby of a downtonwn Washington law firm. High-powered intellectual property lawyers sing Christmas songs alongside the guys from the mailroom. They sound great, for litigous amateurs.

Commentator Leonard Rosen compares himself and his family's holiday visits to the seasonal migration of birds, whales and other animals, whose instints force them to travel, sometimes hundreds of miles, to get "back home." In observing the travel patterns of millions of people during the holiday season, Rosen notes that people also have that instinctual urge to "get up, move, go back."

The federal government has released 50 years of previously classified data on the Arctic Ocean, collected by the U.S. and Russian armed forces. Some believe the data will provide new clues into how global climate has changed over the past half-century. NPR's David Baron reports.

where clashes between Milosevic supporters and his opponents have darkened Christmas day.

editor-in-chief of >Entrepreneur magazine, about hot business trends for 1997. She says, if you've been thinking of starting your own business, or if you're already your own boss, you might consider scenting your store with a citrus fragrance and stocking up on rollerblades and gardening tools.

of the delay in signing the Hebron accord and the shooting.