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The French jazz bass player Renaud Garcia Fons is making his U.S. debut with a record featuring two basses, accordion, and drums. The music incorporates influences from Spanish flamenco, to Moroccan, to Japanese music.

to Gulf War Syndrome...an assortment of medical symptoms reported among veterans of the Persian Gulf War. A Presidential advisory committee reported yesterday that it found no single cause for the ailments, such as joint pain, memory lapses, fatigue, and depression.

- Reporter Alex Van Oss reports that the people of Finland consider Santa Claus one of their own...and have a workshop near the Arctic Circle to prove it. Van Oss visits the Finnish Embassy Christmas party where diplomats give their government's official policy on the origins of Santa.

Senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that now that the hoopla of election night is over, it is apparent that the results show some alarming trends in the American electorate.

about Newt Gingrich's precarious future as Speaker of the House. Republicans are rallying around Gingrich in the aftermath of his admission that he violated House ethics. But a censure from the Ethics Subcommittee would prevent him from re-election to the Speaker's seat.

Commentator David Crystal says there is a role for senseless babble, whether for baby talk, or skat in jazz music.

2:Theologian and author Rev. PETER J. GOMES. He has written the new book "The Good Book: Reading The Bible with Mind and Heart." It is published by William Morrow and Company. GOMES has been a minister at Harvard University's Memorial Church since 1974. Time Magazine called him "one of the seven best preachers in America."

Robert speaks with Hassan Rahman, chief representative of the Palestinian Liberation Organization to the United States, about the sticking points in the negotiations over Israeli withdrawal from Hebron. Rahman says the unwillingness of the Israelis to set a timetable for the implementation of the rest of the Oslo Peace agreement is preventing a final agreement on Hebron.

Broadway composer BURTON LANE died yesterday at the age of 84. His wife says he suffered a stroke. He's written the scores for several Broadway shows, including "Finian's Rainbow" and "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever." Lane collaborated with Michael Feinstein on the album, "Michael Feinstein Sings the Burton Lane Songbook", which features many of Lane's classic songs, such as "Old Devil Moon" and "How About You." This interview originally aired 11

The NPR Players explore the possibility that its not just the FBI and CIA that is infested with employees willing to sell secrets. This satire exposes that the treachery reaches down to the ATF, GAO, FCC, BLM and even PBS.