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In the first of a five-part series on the Clinton foreign policy legacy, NPR's Mike Shuster reports on President Clinton's mixed record on arms control and nuclear non-proliferation.

The BBC's Caroline Hawley reports on Jewish pilgrims in Cairo.

Today is the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Junior, and the day was honored at Ebeneezer Baptist Church in Atlanta with a service that featured remarks from King's widow, Coretta Scott King. We hear some excerpts.

NPR's Jack Speer reports that several major technology companies are proposing new high tech systems for voting.

Host Lisa Simeone talks with Lucy Kaylin, author of For the Love of God: The Faith and Future of the American Nun. Kaylin interviews a wide range of women who live as nuns and chronicles their shift from cloistered to active communities within society. Although nuns are a mixed lot who work in most corners of the world, their numbers, in this country at least, are diminishing.

Commentator Baxter Black says he wonders where Ford Motor is going with the naming of their new line of cars. He has a few ideas of his own.

Host Bob Edwards talk with Cultural Geographer Derek Alderman about how Martin Luther King, Jr. has been memorialized in more than 500 cities and towns across the United States. Professor Alderman of East Carolina University says the issue of whether to have a street named after King is rarely controversial. More divisive questions include what kind of street it should be, and where the street should be located.

NPR's Martin Kaste reports from Rio de Janeiro that a plastic surgery revolution is sweeping Brazil this year, changing the image of the girl from Ipanema. Influenced by Hollywood pictures and fashion magazines, in Brazil, big is "in" this year.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says the incoming Bush Administration will take a new, less cordial approach to American dealings with Russia.

NPR's Nina Totenberg reports on a Supreme Court case that will decide if Alabama can deny a driver's license to someone who does not speak English. Lawyers for Mexican immigrant Marta Sandoval are arguing that Alabama's "English-only" driver's test violates the 1964 Civil Rights Act.