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Noah talks with Bob Gnaizda (guh-NAYZ-da) of the Green Lining Institute in San Francisco. Mr. Gnaizda, is a community advocate, who helped negotiate a deal that ensures $45 billion will be reinvested in the communities effected by the Wells Fargo / First Interstate merger. Mr. Gnaizda says that while bank mergers are bad for communities, especially low-income ones, in this case it's a pretty fair deal.

As senators campaign hard for positions in the new Senate leadership line-up, members of both parties are pessimistic about their ability to achieve any substantive legislation in the rest of this Congress. There's no indication that the squabbling over the minimum wage and the gas tax will be resolved, while legislation on welfare, Medicaid, immigration, campaign finance reform, and insurance reform remains unfinished. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

founders of the on-line computer investment forum known as the Motley Fool. The brothers say they started the service to help independent stock market investors gather information which can improve their chances of making more profitable choices.

NPR's Ann Cooper reports from Moscow on the continuing shake-up in the Kremlin. Russian President Boris Yeltsin today fired three of the most powerful members of his administration. The dismissals included his personal security chief, the head of the Federal Security Service...what used to be the K-G-B... and a hard-line deputy prime minister.

to de-regulate the banking industry. Under the new proposal, banks would be free to venture into other lines of business, such as insurance and real estate.

He developed a new line of stories for Batman aimed at helping children in war-torn countries learn the dangers of landmines that are used so indiscriminately around the globe.

NPR's Jack Speer reports on a possible alliance between the United States Post Office and Federal Express. Working together, the two delivery services could help fulfill a growing demand fueled by on-line commerce. But UPS says an alliance between a government service and Fed Ex would give Fed Ex an unfair advantage.

Kate Seelye reports on how Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied territories are using the Internet to keep Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon and elsewhere up-to-date on the intifada . The project is sponsored by the West Bank's Bir Zeit University. So far, three refugee camps are on-line, and plans are underway to include many more.

Noah Adams talks with Emmanuel Madan and Thomas McIntosh about their sonic project, the Silophone. The two artists, who call themselves The User, have given an old grain silo in Montreal a new function by rigging it with broadcast lines and microphones. People can call into the Silophone or submit sounds over the Internet. (5:30) See www.silophone.net

The Pentagon today was at pains to clarify its policy towards contacts with the Chinese military, saying they would continue but be evaluated case by case. Officials were also intent on dispelling the notion that yesterday's mixed messages on the subject indicated any breakdown in the department's internal lines of command and communication. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports from the Pentagon.