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Daniel speaks with Tom Rollins, the President of the Teaching Company in Springfield, Virginia. Rollins prides himself for having the best collection of college lectures by America's superstar teachers. Rollins travels to colleges and universities around the country to determine the best lecturers in fields ranging from astronomy and Western Literature to Algebra One.

Items like toys, jewelry and clothing sold well, but despite expectations of big holiday spending, sales don't look much better than last year.

Wendy Kaufman reports on near-record snow and ice in the Pacific Northwest that has cut power to hundreds of thousands of people, stranded many more, and brought cities to a grinding halt.

Kathy Lohr reports that it hasn't been a good holiday season for ValuJet. The airline canceled some flights because it hadn't gotten final permission from the government to fly the routes. ValuJet has been struggling ever since the crash of its flight 592 in the Everglades last May, which killed everyone on board. The airline was shut down for 3 months.

FederalOfficials today launched an all-out attack on state initiatives legalizing the medical use of marijuana and other recreational drugs. Attorney General Janet Reno said she'd enforce federal laws against doctors who prescribe pot for patients. But as Joe Palca reports, the debate over the medical value of marijuana is far from settled.

A bomb ripped through an express train carrying at least 1,200 passengers in northeastern India today. Local officials fear that several dozen people may have died in the blast. The BBC's Subhir Baumik has this report.

into a program aimed at encouraging peasant farmers to dig up coca plants and grow mainstream crops instead, as well as helping the military destroy illegal facilities.

The People Versus Larry Flynt. The movie is the story of the publisher of Hustler magazine, and the clash between pornography and the First Amendment.

Deejay Nap Turner reads blues lyrics from the book, "Little Blue Book" by Brian Robertson, published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Israeli and Palestinian authorities are now poised to sign an agreement for an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank town of Hebron. The agreement marks a significant step forward in the Middle East peace process, which has been bogged down since the election of right wing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last May. Daniel speaks with Hebron Mayor Mustafa Natsche and an Israeli settler, David Wilder, about their rival visions of peace.