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is underway and independent producers are favoring comedies as their offerings for this year.

Commentator Elissa Ely wonders how she will introduce her new baby to her older child, a golden retriever named Sandy who is not used to sharing Ely's affection. The baby has yet to arrive, but Sandy seems to know what is coming.

John Burnett investigates the notion of 'Rapture'. Some Christians believe that the year 2000 begins the end of the world. They say according to the >Bible, all Christians, dead and alive, will be taken up into Heaven...while the un-saved will remain on Earth to suffer.

to read a poem at President Clinton's inauguration later this month. Williams is a professor of English and Foreign Languages at the University of Arkansas. He follows poet Maya Angelou, who read her work at the inauguration four years ago.

NPR's David Welna reports on Cuba's effort to increase food production by breaking its huge Soviet-style farm collectives into smaller farmer-run cooperatives. So far the project has had only limited success, largely because the co-ops are required to sell eighty percent of what they grow to the government, at artificially low official prices. In addition, the state controls what the co-ops produce. Critics say Fidel Castro doesn't want the co-ops to do too well because economic success would make them less dependent on the government.

The post-Christmas holiday rush is on at computer helplines across the country. NPR's Adam Hochberg visits one of the largest ones - IBM. Computer helpers there answer a broad range of questions from:"how do I turn it on?" to "how do I remove the dog's tongue from my CD-ROM drive?"

Linda talks with U-S Representative David Skaggs (D, CO) about the lawsuit he and five other members of Congress filed, challenging the constitutionality of the new law which gives the President line-item veto power. Skaggs believes the line-item veto law tips the balance of power in favor of the executive branch and away from Congress.

Scott talks to NPR's Joanne Silberner about health care reform in 1996, and they look ahead at what to expect in the new year.

Danny talks with Jaems Fox, Dean of the College of Criminal Justice at Northeastern University in Boston, about his reaction to recent statistics showing a national decrease in violent crime. Fox says while overall crime stats have gone down, the rate of juvenile crime is on the rise, and is likely to get worse unless cities establish more youth programs.