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NPR's Sarah Chayes reports on the launch of Europe's Airbus Industrie's A-380 super-jumbo jetliner. The 555-passenger jet will surpass Boeing Co.'s 747 as the world's largest passenger plane. The Clinton administration says the government-subsidized loans to Airbus for the A-380 violates trade agreements and is planning to take the issue to the World Trade Organization.

NPR's Renee Montagne talks with literary sleuth Don Foster about his new book Author Unknown: on the Trail of Anonymous. Foster has made a name for himself by putting a name on works when their authors don't. He's been credited with discovering the author of Primary Colors, he discovered that a poem signed by W.S. was indeed a lost work of Shakespeare. recently, Foster believes, that Clement Clarke Moore did not write the classic the Night Before Christmas. Foster says it's actually the work of Major Henry Livingston, a veteran of the Revolutionary war, who penned the poem in 1823.

Commentator Russell Roberts says this holiday season poor retail sales may not be as bad for the country as many believe it will be. He says less time spent shopping in a mall means more time spent doing meaningful things with family and friends.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Marshall Wittman, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute and Melissa Seckora, Editorial Associate for National Review about some of the political priorities of President Elect Bush's new administration. Both believe Bush to enact his proposed tax cut, as well as tackle election and campaign reform.

Scott speaks with Weekend Edition Saturday's sports commentator Ron Rapoport about the last weekend of the National Football League regular season before the playoffs.

On the 100th anniversary of the birth of Antoine de Saint Exupery , reporter Alice Furlaud pays tribute to the Franch aviator and beloved author of The Little Prince.

A judge overturned the convictions of the police officers in the Ramparts corruption case in Los Angeles. Scott speaks with NPR's Ina Jaffe.

NPR's Ted Clark reports on collapse of peace negotiations between Israel and Palestinian officials who met earlier today with President Clinton at the White House here in Washington.

Lisa talks with NPR's Sylvia Pogioli in Belgrade as Serb elections for the 250-seat parliament are held today. Watchers expect to see a turn in the polls away from the remaining supporters of former President Slobodan Milosevic and in favor newly elected President Voijslav Kostininica.

NPR's Peter Overby reports on the recent announcements of appointees by President-elect George W. Bush. Bush named New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman for the appointment of administrator to the Environmental Protection Agency and former Missouri Senator John Ashcroft for the appointment to Attorney General of the United States.