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NPR's Patricia Neighmond reports on a new study showing that HMOs and other health plans save money when they provide comprehensive treatment to diabetics. The study, published in today's Journal of the American Medical Association, supports closely monitoring diabetics' blood sugar and aggressively controlling it with insulin or other drugs.

Noah talks with Stanley R. Mohler, M.D., who teaches aerospace medicine at the Wright State University School of Medicine, about the increasing number of people with blood clots and what causes them. Long flights are being linked to a number of patients who have been diagnosed with blood clots. Dr. Mohler says that when we sit in cramped quarters for long periods of time, our blood circulation slows down, causing clots to form. He suggests trying to keep moving about to keep the blood flowing.

There's a new granite sculpture of the 32nd president in a wheelchair at the F.D.R. Memorial. It's an image President Franklin Roosevelt seldom shared with the public. President Clinton unveils the statue today. Alex Van Oss reports.

Scott Horsley of member station KPBS reports on the latest developments in California's electricity crisis. The US Department of Energy Department refuses to extend an emergency order that requires out-of-state power companies to supply electricity to California. The order expires at midnight tonight. California's electric system has been dangerously close to collapse, and some industrial customers have been asked to cut back in order to prevent rolling blackouts.

NPR's Joe Palca reports on a recent discovery about stars that's confirming observations Chinese astronomers made over a thousand years ago. The discovery has to do with the position of a pulsar...also known as a spinning neutron star...within the remnants of a supernova.

Several environmental groups are protesting President-elect George Bush's nomination for Interior Secretary Gale Norton. NPR's Peter Overby reports on efforts to derail the nomination.

NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports on a new study showing that most states fail to give public school students the help they need to succeed.

Beth Fertig of member station WNYC reports that a judge has ruled that school children in New York City aren't receiving a large enough portion of the state's education dollars. He says inadequate funding is costing the students a sufficient education.

NPR's Eric Westervelt reports on what one Maryland school district is doing to combat gun violence. The district requires gun safety awareness for all grade levels. So far the curriculum satisfies most parents on both sides of the gun issues, and other school districts are looking to the program as a model.

In the U.S, new roads built in national forests has just been banned by executive order. But in Canada old growth forest is being leveled at a rate that alarms environmentalists. NPR's Kathy Schalch reports.