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NPR's Anne Garrels previews today's parliamentary elections in Kosovo.

Scott speaks with Gene Wilkes, the owner of the Tastee Diner in Silver Spring, Maryland. His diner was featured last Sunday in the Zippy the Pinhead comic strip--a strip which touted the virtues and endurance of diners.

NPR's senior news analyst Dan Schorr reviews the week's news.

Scott speaks with Weekend Edition's entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell about the Jackie Chan film "Legend of Drunken Master."

A federal appeals court in New Orleans has ruled that a man facing capital murder charges was not deprived of a fair trial even though his lawyer slept through the trial. NPR's Barbara Bradley reports.

NPR's Madeleine Brand reports on re-interpreting Christmas music. New York artist Christian Marclay has collected thousands of holiday albums from thrift shops and used record stores, and he and a group of dj's mix and scratch their selections for crowds at the New Museum. Marclay says it's a way to make art out of throw-away recordings that only have nostalgic value. Listeners say the resulting sound is both annoying and interesting.

NPR's John Nielsen reports on the long-awaited new rules from Environmental Protection Agency that will significantly reduce pollutants from diesel fuel. The EPA says the limits will save lives and millions of cases of respiratory disease. Oil refiners will have to modify the way they make diesel, and engine manufacturers will have to add pollution control devices--changes they say will cost the consumer.

Medical journalist Dr. Stephen Cohen argues that the threat of bio-terrorism has grown as dissident groups have both motive and ability to use agents like anthrax and smallpox against the U.S. and we're unprepared. 90% of people aren't immunized. There's a shortage of smallpox vaccine and isolation beds. We should be treating it as a public health threat and involve the medical community more than it is now.

NPR's Howard Berkes reports on a training exercise in which National Guard troops responded to a mock chemical weapons attack by terrorists. Units with this type of training will be detached to big public events such as the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City.

Jazz composer and bandleader Maria Schneider went hang gliding in Rio a couple of years ago. The experience was so vivid for her that she turned it into a composition. Schneider describes her trip to Rio, the hang gliding, and how she made them into music. She says that at certain points in the composition, the orchestra is the wind and the soloist is the hang glider, riding on the wind. "Hang Gliding" is on the CD "Allegresse," http://www.enjarecords.com

NPR's Don Gonyea reports on President-elect George W. Bush, who today resigned from the only political office he has ever held -- governor of Texas. The emotional speech by Bush ended 6 years at the helm in Austin and comes less than a month before he is to move to his new home at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Meanwhile, jockeying continues to go on behind the scenes for filling the remaining Cabinet slots.

Robert and Noah read from listeners letters. Topics this week include the Wizard of Oz, Justice Clarence Thomas, and poinsettias. Letters can be sent to ATC-Letters, 635 Massachusetts Avenue, NW; Washington, DC 20001 or by E-mail to atc@npr.org.