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NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that Wall Street gave AT&T a thumbs down on its plan to split into four separate companies. Shares of the long distance and cable TV giant fell as much as 13 percent. The restructuring of AT&T will create separate shares for AT&T's wireless, cable TV, consumer and business operations. The company has been under intense pressure from shareholders to do something about it's sagging stock value.

NPR's Kenneth Walker reports the head of the military junta that took power in Ivory Coast last Christmas Eve has been forced out by violent street protests. The demonstrations against General Robert Guei began yesterday when he refused to recognize his apparent defeat in Sunday's election and declared himself the winner. The protests increased today, despite the presence of troops who responded to rock and bottle-throwing with gunfire, most of it into the air. The public, enraged by ten months of governmental instability and continuing economic decline, refused to be intimidated and gradually, some members of the military began joining the protests. General Guei finally stepped down and is reported to have fled the country. The presumed winner in the election, socialist Laurent Gbagbo, has assumed power, but the election results still are likely to be contested by other candidates.

For a brief history of Ivory Coast, Linda talks with Jeanne Maddox Toungara, Professor of History at Howard University in Washington D.C. Toungara lived and taught in the Ivory Coast for fifteen years, and has written extensively on the country. She says Ivory Coast is a former French colony. Its capital city was once thought of as the "Paris of Africa."

NPR's Brian Naylor reports on what's being accomplished in the last days of this Congressional session. A foreign aid bill, which includes more than four hundred million dollars for international family planning assistance, was passed yesterday and sent to the White House. It also includes more than four hundred million dollars in debt relief for poor nations. But immigration reform and tax relief remain in limbo.

Planned Parenthood has invited an adoption counselor into its downtown Chicago clinic. Chicago Public Radio's Shirley Jahad reports the unusual alliance of an abortion provider and adoption agency is meant to give women more information and choices. The new partnership is drawing some praise and some fire.

NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on efforts to treat heart attacks that occur in public places. In recent years, airports, casinos and other crowded facilities have installed automatic heart-shocking devices and trained workers to use them. They're trying to improve the survival rate after a heart attack by restarting the normal rhythm of the heart as quickly as possible.

Morning Edition's monthly series on the lives of centenarians, One Hundred Years of Stories, continues this morning. Neenah Ellis tells us about Marion Cowen, who worked on Broadway and knew film stars Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. She also tells us about the death of another centenarian, Ruth Ellis, who was featured earlier in the series.

NPR's Emily Harris reports on the effect of technology on American lives. A new UCLA study found that a lot of Americans are logging on. The study showed little or no difference in the social lives of avid users and non-users. But it did reveal widespread concern about increasing lack of privacy resulting from the unprecedented ability of companies track and collect personal data (3:22).

Host Renee Montagne talks with Kate Betts, Editor-in-Chief of Harper's Bazaar, about the move by many American businesses to "business casual." Betts says the relaxed wardrobe rules have actually complicated the notion of office fashion.

N-P-R's Claudio Sanchez reports on a perennial election year issue: school vouchers. The issue is particularly controversial in Michigan, where a ballot initiative, known as Proposal One, has drawn both praise and criticism. School vouchers are also on California's ballot next month.