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Milwaukee has a tradition of electing liberal mayors. But Democrat John Norquist, the city's three-term mayor, stands apart from tradition. NPR's Edward Lifson reports that although Norquist supports abortion rights and gun control, he wants to end welfare and has reduced city spending significantly.

given for a decline in the homicide rate in major cities across the country. With some exceptions, the number of murders in many cities decreased in 1996.

Nearly two years after the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City, NPR'S Kathy Lohr reports on how the city is grappling with how to rebuild... and how best to remember what happened there. The committee overseeing the construction of a memorial is trying to decide how to commemmorate the bombing while balancing the concerns of the survivors, the victims' families, and the community at large.

- Reporters John Biewen (John BEE-wuhn) of Minnesota Public Radio profiles Myron Orfield, a state senator whose campaign to clean up the inner cities is capturing nationwide attention. Biewen reports that Orfield is urging wealthier suburbs to adopt a regional solution in which wealthier suburbs would contribute some of the tax revenues to the poor inner cities.

NPR'S Margo Adler reports that New York City's mayor has banned fireworks during tommorow's Chinese New Year celebration. The city's Chinese community argues the ban will take some of the character out of the annual festivities.

NPR's Guy Raz reports from the German city of Nuremberg on the famous Christmas market where the tradition of Yule-tide gift giving is said to have begun. To keep Christmas in Nuremberg traditional, the city enforces a strict set of regulations -- governing everything that is sold, from the kinds of wooden toys to the length of roast sausages.

NPR's Howard Berkes reports on a fight over a section of Main Street in Salt Lake City. The Mormon Church has converted it into a pedestrian mall. But the deal, and the restrictions the church wants on public behavior in the space, are dividing the city.

From member station WNYC, Beth Fertig reports on the passing of an era in the New York City schools, the last of the city's school buildings that get their heat from antiquated coal-fired boilers, and the workers who stoke them.

The sounds of plows and shovels filled the air in Buffalo today, as residents coped with an intense early season snowstorm that dropped two feet on snow on the city. School children spent the night in school, and businesses remained closed today as emergency officials worked to get the city back on its feet. Jim Ranney reports.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Thom Benedict from Salt Lake City, Utah. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station KCPW in Salt Lake City, Utah.)