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Cheryl Corley reports on Phyllis Silhan (SILL-han), a pianist ho performs during the Christmas season at Chicago's Midway airport.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports on the condition of Kobe, one year after the earthquake that took more than 6000 lives. While the city has made remarkable progress in repairing the city, the psychological damage to residents is taking longer to heal.

Robert talks with Teresa Tritch, Washington bureau chief of Money magazine, about the economic premise behind the flat tax, an idea that figures prominently in some Republican presidential campaigns. Tritch explains who the winners and losers would be if such a tax code were implemented.

The Supreme Court heard arguments today on the all-male status of the Virginia Military Institute. The Clinton Administration wants state-supported VMI to open its doors to women. But an attorney for Virginia and the school say the school should be allowed to remain all-male. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports that the high court's ruling could set a precedent for women's rights.

Computer security expert TSUTOMU SHIMOMURA (She-TOE-moo SHE-mo-mur-AH) and reporter JOHN MARKOFF. MARKOFF writes about computers and technology for the New York Times. The two have collaborated on a new book, "Takedown: The Pursuit and Capture of Kevin Mitnick, America's Most Wanted Computer Outlaw-By the Man Who Did It." (Hyperion). Mitnick was the most wanted computer hacker in the world, having stolen thousands of data files, and 20,000 credit card numbers. For two years he had eluded the FBI. Mitnick broke into SHIMOMURA's home computer, and SHIMOMURA joined the search. Mitnick was caught February 15, 1995. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE

Critic MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews Salman Rushdie''s new book, "The Moor''s Last Sigh." (Pantheon).

Today's issue of the scientific journal Nature reports that crows reshape twigs and leaves to get to insects that the birds normally couldn't reach. The clever crows live on the island of New Caladonia, northwest of Australia.

SIMON/ELVIS: ELVIS MITCHELL REVIEWS THE NEW MOVIE "WAITING TO EXHALE"

Elisabeth Perez Luna offers an appreciation of African-American uthor Toni Cade Bambara, who died of cancer on December 9th. Bambara was known ot only for her own writing, but for editing the first major collection of ritings by African-American women 25 years ago.

Supply flights into the U.S. base at Tuzla continue to be delayed by nclimate weather - a combination of ice, fog and snow. Until the skies clear, round radar cannot be fully installed and tested. Liane Hansen speaks with PR's Andy Bowers, who is monitoring events in Tuzla.

Vicky Que visits a New Mexico courtroom, where a real judge presides, as teenagers charged with alcohol-related traffic offenses are tried by their peers. After Judge Tommy Jewel hears the case at the Albuquerque Juvenile Justice Center, the program coordinator, another adult, helps the teenage jury discuss the testimony and decide the punishment.

NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that the Syrian-Israeli peace talks being held at Wye Plantation in Maryland are showing some signs of progress.