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NPR's Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr provides his annual holiday assessment of the state of peace, and its unfortunate counterpart, war, around the world.

Injection drug use is a leading cause of the spread of HIV. Some health professionals are trying to curtail the sharing of used needles among drug addicts by giving them prescriptions to buy clean ones at local drugstores. But is this practice legal? From member station WBUR in Boston, Jason Beaubien reports.

Weekend Edition Popular Culture Commentator Steven Stark notes the enduring popularity of Dr. Seuss. His books were written for children, but are beloved by all.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Claire Halpern from Clayton, Missouri. She listens to Weekend Edition on member station KWMU in St. Louis, Missouri.)

Liane talks live with NPR's Don Gonyea, who has been covering President-elect George W. Bush's transition out of the Texas Governor's office to the White House. Bush made several cabinet appointments this past week; more are expected this coming week.

Lisa talks with NPR's Sylvia Pogioli in Belgrade as Serb elections for the 250-seat parliament are held today. Watchers expect to see a turn in the polls away from the remaining supporters of former President Slobodan Milosevic and in favor newly elected President Voijslav Kostininica.

Host Lisa Simeone talks with Bill Kristol, editor of the Weekly Standard and John Nichols, editorial page editor of the Capitol Times in Madison Wisconsin and columnist for The Nation Magazine about President-elect Bush's cabinet appointments.

Liane talks with Fox Sports football analyst Tim Green on the final weekend of the NFL regular season. Many teams are still fighting for playoff spots, while some other highly-touted squads, including the talent-laden Washington Redskins, will not see postseason action at all.

There is an electricity shortage in California. Two of the largest private utility companies in the state were granted emergency rate increases to avoid bankruptcy. But Los Angeles and about 30 other cities are not effected. That's because they are served by municipal power utilities. NPR's Andy Bowers reports.

When subway workers started digging underneath Los Angeles, they discovered fossils from the city's pre-historic past. Lisa speaks with the L.A. Transit Authority's paleontologist, Bruce Lander.