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Ethnic Albanians eyeing independence flocked to the polls today in Kosovo's first free election since the end of Yugoslav rule. Minority Serbs boycotted the ballot. Despite the combination of heavy turnout and confusion over election rules, there was no violence at polling stations. NPR's Anne Garrels visited several polling stations in Pristina. She speaks with host Lisa Simeone.

NPR's senior news analyst Dan Schorr reviews the week's news.

Storyteller Rosalyn Kirkel talks about the first time she celebrated Chanukah, 54 years ago, in Germany after the Holocaust.

Jazz bassist and photographer Milt Hinton died Tuesday in New York at the age of 90. His musical career spanned 70 years, and he played bass with almost every great 20th century jazz musician from Louis Armstrong and Cab Calloway to John Coltrane.

Comedian Richard Lewis. His new book is called The Other Great Depression, (Public Affairs, 2000) and chronicles his recovery from alcoholism. Hes an award winning stand up comic and has appeared in over twenty movies and TV shows. Currently, he co-stars in Larry Davids HBO show Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Actor Alfred Molina. Hes starring in the new film, Chocolat, about a mysterious and seductive chocolate shop that electrifies a French village. Molina is a Tony-nominated actor who has played in over 30 films, 30 TV movies, and many theater productions. His Tony nomination was for his role in the Broadway hit Art. His film credits include Boogie Nights, Anna Karenina, Prick up Your Ears, and Raiders of the Lost Ark. Molina was born in London, UK, and lives in Los Angeles.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports on President-elect George W. Bush, who today resigned from the only political office he has ever held -- governor of Texas. The emotional speech by Bush ended 6 years at the helm in Austin and comes less than a month before he is to move to his new home at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Meanwhile, jockeying continues to go on behind the scenes for filling the remaining Cabinet slots.

Robert and Noah read from listeners letters. Topics this week include the Wizard of Oz, Justice Clarence Thomas, and poinsettias. Letters can be sent to ATC-Letters, 635 Massachusetts Avenue, NW; Washington, DC 20001 or by E-mail to atc@npr.org.

NPR's Howard Berkes reports on a training exercise in which National Guard troops responded to a mock chemical weapons attack by terrorists. Units with this type of training will be detached to big public events such as the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City.

Medical journalist Dr. Stephen Cohen argues that the threat of bio-terrorism has grown as dissident groups have both motive and ability to use agents like anthrax and smallpox against the U.S. and we're unprepared. 90% of people aren't immunized. There's a shortage of smallpox vaccine and isolation beds. We should be treating it as a public health threat and involve the medical community more than it is now.