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Catalina Reyes of member station KUNM reports that the state of New Mexico is trying to shut down Native American casinos across the state. The tribes have been operating casinos under an agreement with the federal government, but state courts have nullified that agreement, insisting that since gambling is not legal elsewhere in the state, it can't be allowed on the reservation. The tribes say they'll blockade highways through the reservation if they're shut down. Both sides have agreed to keep casinos and roads open until a U.S. court decides the matter.

Commentator Paul Durrenberger says that the Superbowl is one of our main national observances. It is purified ritual and as gripping as any celebration that was invented earlier. He figures we must be a nation starved for drama -- so much so that we have to create our own. We lack the public spectacles of the Romans, Greeks and Mayas and so we demand it from our professional sports.

and the growing criticism of him even by members of his own cabinet.

Linda talks to N-P-R White House Correspondent Mara Liasson about today's presidential news conference.

NPR's Chitra Ragavan talks to federal workers who went back to work today. Federal workers had been kept off the job first by the federal budget impasse, and then by the blizzard. With more snow on the way, and budget talks uncertain, the future remains up in the air.

Guenivere Garcia is on death row in Chicago for the 1991 murder of her second husband. She is scheduled to die by lethal injection on January 17th. She has dropped all appeals and says she wants the state to end her life without delay. Garcia has endured sexual and physical abuse throughout her life. NPR's Edward Lifson reports that a number of groups opposing her execution say the state would merely be assisting in Garcia's suicide, while others say if Garcia wants to die, the state should grant her wish.

Linda Wertheimer speaks with sports reporter Robin Roberts of ABC and ESPN about this week's major sports activities. They include the Australian Open tennis finals, NBA All-Star voting, Rudy Galindo's figure skating victory and, of course, the Super Bowl.

State of the State address in which he called for a tax cut, sweeping welfare reform and a crackdown on fathers of babies born out of wedlock.

We hear from young people around the country who were schoolchildren when the Challenger exploded. They describe how the disaster changed their views of NASA and the government, and how the deaths of Christa McAuliffe and the other astronauts shocked them into realizing that life was easily lost.

FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON TESTIFIED BEFORE A GRAND JURY YESTERDAY ON WHITEWATER. NPR'S JON GREENBERG REPORTS.