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NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports on President-elect Bush's naming of Robert Zoellick as United States Trade Representative. Bush also announced he intends to keep the post a Cabinet-level position.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Sue Bostrom of Cisco Systems about the firm's annual survey on Internet use. The study concludes the Internet is being used mostly by older businesses, not the newer ones.

Bernard Kouchner finishes up a year and a half as the UN's chief administrator in Kosovo. NPR's Guy Raz reports he leaves much unfinished business.

Host Bob Edwards talks to NPR's Peter Overby about the Justice Department announcement last night that Indonesian financier James Riady will plead guilty to making illegal contributions to the Democratic Party and pay an eight-point-six million dollar fine. Riady will admit to a felony charge that he used corporate funds from his foreign company to reimburse contributors to the 1992 Clinton presidential campaign. Foreign campaign contributions are illegal under US law.

NPR's Michele Keleman reports on the Pentagon report and White House statement admitting that American soldiers killed an unknown number of Korean refugees near No Gun Ri, at the beginning of the Korean War. President Clinton expressed regret at the loss of civilian lives but did not actually apologize on behalf of the United States.

Kate Seelye reports from Amman, Jordan, on the ongoing Arab Summit. Leaders are trying to overcome a schism in the Arab world created by the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990, and to agree to support Palestinians in Israel.

NPR's Mary Ann Akers reports from Chicago on the city school board's new safety policy. It requires that students released from jail or juvenile detention, be evaluated to determine whether they should be allowed to return to their regular school or be sent to an alternative school. The school board says the policy intends to protect other students from violence. Akers visits the "Second Chance" alternative school in South Chicago.

Cy Musiker of member station KQED in San Francisco reports that public utility commission officials are set to approve a rate hike in electricity today. They hope to stunt usage by charging higher prices.

Part II in a week-long series of essays from prospective college students. Today we hear from Ambar Espinoza, of University High School in West Los Angeles, who tells about growing up in a single-parent family. Read the essays online.

NPR's Eric Westervelt reports from Las Vegas on the attempts of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW), to unionize Wal-Mart's nearly one million employees. But Wal-Mart's deep pockets and extremely high employee turnover rates are big obstacles for UFCW.