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NPR's Mary Kay Magistad reports on the ambivalent relationship between Taiwanese businessmen and China. China is the world's biggest market but also an undependable one, subject to the whims of the country's politics.

In Washington, the massive snowstorm has extended the government shutdown that should have ended today. But the Supreme Court justices made it to work, and issued opinions. Doctors and other emergency personnel have been getting to their posts with the help of volunteers who own four-wheel-drive vehicles. The Red Cross is appealing for blood donors. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

Noah Adams speaks with Lawrence Krauss, professor of physics at Case Western University and author of "The Physics of Star Trek," about matter and antimatter. Physicists at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics announced yesterday that they had created the first complete atoms of antimatter ever made by humans or seen in nature.

Daniel talks with Oscar Winning Film Director Oliver Stone about his latest movie "Nixon." Stone has been heavily criticized for his portrayals of historic events and people. "Nixon" is no exception. Stone says his films are designed to get people to ask questions and not accept the status quo as fact.

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports that a court in North Carolina is being asked to decide if poor women have the right to abortions paid for by state funds. Recently, the state cut state funding for abortion services for poor women. Abortions rights advocates say the action violates the state constitution because state does provide funds to help poor women give birth.

Winter storms already have dumped a foot of snow on Cleveland, and with sub-zero temperatures predicted for the next few days, no relief appears in sight. But Cleveland's woes don't end there. Reporter Joe Smith says an economist is predicting that the combination of heavy snows and the government shut-down will mean a poor first quarter for the Midwest.

Washington Post sports reporter, about the resignation of Miami Dolphin's coach, Don Shula.

Daniel talks with cold specialist Fred Hayden about how to avoid and treat colds. Hayden is a professor at the Univerity of Virginia (Charlottesville) Medical School. Hayden says it's best to avoid direct physical contact with someone who has a cold. Once you have a cold, the best you can do is relieve some of the symptoms.

The leading edge of the Baby Boom Generation (b. between 1946 and 1964) turns 50 in the new year. The boomers were the first generation to grow up with television and television profited by offering the boomers an ever-changing picture of themselves: the child in an idealized all-American family like Donna Reed's, disaffected youths fighting for the greater good like the Mod Squad, young single working women trying to make it on their own, like Mary Richards, or sensitive males who were against the Vietnam War, personified by Hawkeye Pierce, in MASH. Recent attempts by the TV industry to program for a more youthful audience have not reaped the same rewards so Boomers may soon see themselves back at center stage on the small screen. NPR's Brooke Gladstone reports.

the impact of the government shutdown on the poor, elderly, children and workers.