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this morning. He was 79 years old.

In San Francisco, Mecca for skateboarders, Ancel Martinez of member station KQED reports on a battle over art. A two-mile-long concrete and glass sculpture has become the favorite spot for daredevil 'boarders. Trouble is, they're ruining the $1-million-dollar installation, to the chagrin of art-lovers.

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.

of Nebraska about how the federal government shutdown has affected his state.

- WHAT WOULD THE WIZARD OF OZ HAVE BEEN LIKE IF OLIVER STONE HAD WRITTEN THE SCREENPLAY

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.

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

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports on the resignation of Israel's head of security forces. The Shin Bet chief, whose identity remains anonymous, stepped down to take responsibility for a lapse in security that allowed the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

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.

over the weekend in Pennsylvania.