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Commentator Reuven Frank looks at the year in the TV...an industry that keeps on changing, with recent developments in satellite services and multiple channel offerings. but he says most of these changes don't amount to improvements---multiple channels seem to offer multiple opportunities to watch old movies or talk shows -- and all this diversity of programming means television will no longer provide a shared national experience.

to recommendations that the government change the way it calculates inflation. The effect would be felt by recipients of Social Security and other government benefits.

- Daniel speaks with NPR's economic correspondent John Ydstie about who wins and who loses from the dollar's current strength. The winners, Ydstie says are European exporters; possible loosers, the U.S. auto industry.

may loosen standards that define exactly what ingredients can be in certain foods -- a move that alarms consumer advocates.

there... noticeable in rebuilding, resettlement, and cross-border visits for Christmas.

Daniel speaks with Tom Rollins, the President of the Teaching Company in Springfield, Virginia. Rollins prides himself for having the best collection of college lectures by America's superstar teachers. Rollins travels to colleges and universities around the country to determine the best lecturers in fields ranging from astronomy and Western Literature to Algebra One.

Deejay Nap Turner reads blues lyrics from the book, "Little Blue Book" by Brian Robertson, published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Kathy Lohr reports that it hasn't been a good holiday season for ValuJet. The airline canceled some flights because it hadn't gotten final permission from the government to fly the routes. ValuJet has been struggling ever since the crash of its flight 592 in the Everglades last May, which killed everyone on board. The airline was shut down for 3 months.

in Tibet.

sports stories of the year. Among other things, they discuss golfer Tiger Woods, the story-book tale of the New York Yankees and their manager Joe Torre, the Chicago Bulls record breaking 72-win season and the success of female athletes at the summer Olympics in Atlanta.