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NPR's John Ydstie reports on a volatile day of trading on Wall Street, but the selloff that started in Asia and spread to Europe did not have much effect in New York today. Markets around the world saw stock values plunge on remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan that hinted at Federal Reserve concern about "irrationally exuberant" markets.

We present a montage of voices in the news during he past year.

Plaintiffs bringing a wrongful death suit against O.J. Simpson rested their case today after a half-hour of questioning. NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on today's developments, which include the dismissal of a juror and adjournment of the trial until next Tuesday.

in its battle with European car maker Volkswagon over the alleged theft of GM secrets.

Liane Hansen speaks with Irish Minister of State Avril Doyle nd Kevin Whelan, visiting professor of history at Notre Dame University, who re currently giving a lecture tour in the U.S. on the Great Irish Famine of 845-49. In the midst of the most advanced empire in the world at the time, more han a million Irish died and almost two million more were forced to emigrate in rder to survive. Most of the latter came to the United States, where they had a rofound affect on this country.

Noah talks with Kathy McCoubrey, from the Virginia Dalmatian Assistance League, about dalmatians as pets. Disney is releasing a new version of the movie, "101 Dalmatians" this Christmas season. There are reports of a surge in dalmatian breeding because many children will want them after seeing the movie. McCoubrey says dalmatians should be chosen carefully. They are very high-strung, and they need frequent exercise and plenty of space.

Under the plan, a separate Serb Republic and a separate Muslim-Croat Federation were to be realized.

over how Governor Pataki plans to make sweeping changes in the state's welfare system.

Scott talks with Eli Rosenbaum of the Justice Dept. about announcement this week that Japanese citizens suspected of crimes during World War II will be banned from entering the U.S.

NPR's Michael Goldfarb assesses the current state of the stalled orthern Ireland peace process.

Noah talks to Dr. William Fair, chief of urology at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Center in New York City, about the basics of prostate cancer: who it affects, when it strikes, and its diagnosis and prognosis.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports that among the roughly half million refugees returning to Rwanda are some of those who carried out the 1994 genocide there. Survivors of the massacres against Tutsis and moderate Hutus are now faced with the dilemma of how to deal with returned neighbors who killed their relatives. We meet one woman who searches for her family's killers, and finds the murderers' mother and brother.