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News analyst Daniel Schorr says the latest attempt at renewing middle east peace talks faces many hazards. President Clinton called Wednesday the deadline for the two sides to demonstrate enough potential to work towards another summit. Prime Minister Barak faces a deadline of February 6 when Israelis vote on whether or not to keep him in office---and Yasser Arafat faces the prospect of having to deal with Ariel Sharon, should Barak lose the election.

Commentator David Frum ponders Hillary Rodham Clinton's latest real estate and book deals. Frum wonders if the soon-to-be former First Lady has seen her last scandal as she embarks upon her term as Senator from New York.

NPR's Ted Clark reports that Israelis and Palestinians are in Washington for separate talks with US officials. The goal is to restart the stalled Mideast peace process.

NPR's Sarah Chayes reports that France is investigating its responsibility for the fall of Srebrenica during the war in Bosnia. About eight thousand Muslim men and boys were killed. The Muslim enclave was under the protection of UN peacekeeping forces, which was then commanded by a French general.

NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports that Eva Cassidy a Washington, D.C., singer who died two years ago, has since become something of a star in Britain and a cult favorite in the United States.

From member station WBGO Andrew Meyer reports that five police officers in Orange, New Jersey have been found guilty of civil rights violations in the beating and pepper-spraying of a man wrongly suspected of killing a officer.

Josh Rogers of New Hampshire Public Radio reports on the financial hardship faced by many lower and fixed income people in the northeast due to high heating oil prices this winter. There's a limited amount of available fuel assistance, and many politicians are asking for additional federal funding to help out.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Astronaut Bill Shepherd and Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev on the International Space Station. Both men have been on board since October and plan to return home in March. Their mission is to help prepare the station for permanent habitation and scientific research.

Julia Barton reports on how Yalta a tiny piece of land between a mountain chain and the Black sea is dealing with the lack of tourists during this winter.

For years Americans have gone to the polls every four years trusting that their vote counts. They trust that after coming together to cast their ballots on election day a president will be elected and everyone will come together, at least for a brief honeymoon period, behind that president. What happens when such a fundamental trust in the way things work, is broken? NPR's Lynn Neary has a report if the trust can be restored.