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Robert talks with Margaret Love, who was the pardon attorney at the Department of Justice from 1990-1997, about the unusual way the Clinton Administration handled pardons at the end of President Clinton's term. According to the Los Angeles Times, 47 of the pardons by President Clinton didn't go through the Department of Justice.

NPR's Brian Naylor reports on difficulties facing Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore in dealing with his own party in the Old Dominion. Gilmore was recently named chairman of the Republican National Committee, but the obstacles facing his attempts to end his state's car tax and to name his successor as governor loom large.

Host Bob Edwards speaks with NPR's Jennifer Ludden about Israeli Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon's efforts to form a national unity government. Though nothing is final, much progress has been made in negotiations between Sharon's Likud Party and the more liberal Labor Party. In a national unity government, outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Barak might be Sharon's Defense Minister and Nobel Laureate Shimon Peres could be Foreign Minister.

Host Bob Edwards speaks with Anne Bancroft. Bancroft and Liv Arnesen have recently become the first women to cross Antarctica on skis. The last leg of their journey measures a relatively small part of the total distance-- though it is equivalent to the distance across France. And because of ice forming off the coast of Antarctica, their boat is leaving on February 22 -- with or without them.

Maureen Corrigan reviews Demonology

Jean Betrand Aristide was inaugurated as Haiti's new president last week. NPR's Gerry (jerry) Hadden reports on the situation in Haiti after a decade of instability, coups and political corruption.

NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg presents the second installment in her series on Great Cities. Today, a look at Chicago, rated by Money magazine to be America's most livable city in the Midwest. Susan finds out why one native, 14-year-old Eve Ewing, likes her city so much. For more on the city, check out the Money magazine Web site. And be sure to check out the Utne Reader's Web site for the article -- 'The 10 Most Underrated Towns in America.' (6:56 -

This Friday, George W. Bush embarks on his first presidential trip outside the US. He will travel to Mexico to meet the new president of Mexico, Vincente Fox. We talk about Mexico with Journalist Sam Quinones. He has been covering Mexico for 7 years. His new book is called, True Tales from Another Mexico: The Lynch Mob, the Popsicle Kings, Chalino, and the Bronx. Quinones work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Baltimore Sun, LA Weekly, and Ms Magazine.

Ohio Representative James Traficant is the subject of a federal investigation, in connection with free construction work and free cars the Congressman allegedly received from Ohio businessmen with interests before the government. Twenty years ago, when Traficant was a county sheriff, he was charged with taking bribes. He defended himself in court and won. His popularity launched him to Congress. Now, Traficant makes clear he's ready to defend himself again. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports.

NPR's Anne Garrels has a report from Moscow on Anatoly Karachinsky, one of Russia's new millionaires.