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Harsh winter weather this year means ski resorts have been busier than usual...even in the South. Melanie Peeples reports on skiing as far South as Georgia and Alabama.

NPR's Rob Gifford tells us about an former American prisoner of war who after being taken captive during the Korean war, remained in Asia even after he was freed. Now fifty years later he still lives in China.

Host Lisa Simeone talks with Lucy Kaylin, author of For the Love of God: The Faith and Future of the American Nun. Kaylin interviews a wide range of women who live as nuns and chronicles their shift from cloistered to active communities within society. Although nuns are a mixed lot who work in most corners of the world, their numbers, in this country at least, are diminishing.

Commentator Baxter Black says he wonders where Ford Motor is going with the naming of their new line of cars. He has a few ideas of his own.

Host Bob Edwards talks live to NPR's Cokie Roberts about the Senate confirmation hearings this week on John Ashcroft, President-Elect Bush's nominee for Attorney General. The hearings are expected to be contentious.

Host Bob Edwards talks with commentator John Feinstein live about the first major tournament on the tennis tour.

In the first of a five-part series on the Clinton foreign policy legacy, NPR's Mike Shuster reports on President Clinton's mixed record on arms control and nuclear non-proliferation.

NPR's Gerry Hadden reports from San Alavador on the devastating weekend earthquake that left hundreds dead and thousands missing or homeless. The greatest disaster area was the low-income suburb of Santa Tecla, part of which was buried under a landslide triggered by the violent quake.

Sometimes referred to as the "Pulitzer Prizes of children's books," the Newbery and Caldecott medals are the oldest, most prestigious awards in children's literature. Today, the medals were presented by the American Library Association to the best author and illustrator of children's books. NPR's Shirley Jahad reports.

In April of 1970, blues pianist Otis Spann flew to Boston to play a gig. With him were his wife, Lucille, and his band. The concert would be Otis' last. Before he flew to Boston, doctors had diagnosed Spann with terminal liver cancer -- he died three weeks after the concert. Peter Malick was one of Spann's guitarists. He recently found the recordings of the concert. Noah talks with him about the last days of the blues guitarist, and the meaning of that last gig. (6:15)Find out more at: http://www.otisspann.com.