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Robert Siegel talks with BBC Southeast Asia correspondent Jonathan Head about the numerous bombings of churches in Indonesia on Christmas Eve. Eighteen different bombs, which killed more than a dozen people and injured over a hundred, exploded within minutes of one another. Most of the bombs were planted in cars parked in front of the churches, and others were delivered to clergymen as wrapped gifts. The police defused 13 devices. No one claimed responsibility for the bombings.

Neda Ullaby reports on the recent history of Anti-Christmas tunes. From Bananarama to Dr. Demento, many musicians have had it with the traditional carol and are ready to express their Christmas angst.

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.

Host Bob Edwards talks with author and stand up comic Wallace Wang about how computer users can protect themselves from internet dangers. Privacy and personal information CAN be protected online...he says it just takes some work. Wang's book is "Steal This Computer Book 2: What They Won't Tell You About the Internet."

Host Bob Edwards talks with Professor Yaron Ezrahi , Senior Fellow with the Israel Democracy Institute about the political situation in Israel. Former Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu says he won't run against Prime Minister Ehud Barak.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Harvard Professor Robert Putnam and Bush advisor Stephen Goldsmith about a new study which looks at the causes and some solutions to community alienation. The report is being released today by the Saguaro Seminar. Goldsmith and Putnam agree the report contains ways citizens and the government can work together to create a stronger sense of community. (7:03)To read the Better Together report go to www.bettertogether.org.

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.

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.

Noah talks to Enrique Guevara who is in charge of monitoring Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano. The volcano spewed molten rock for two hours early on Tuesday in its second overnight eruption. Authorities want to evacuate nearly 50,000 residents surrounding the mountain. Guevara is with the National Disaster Prevention Center. No one has been hurt by the eruptions, which is not far from Mexico City.

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.

NPR's Larry Abramson reports that a recent FBI bust of a bookie has focused attention on another weapon in law enforcement's high-tech arsenal. Agents put a keystroke monitor on a suspect's computer and were able to recreate every letter typed into it for months. The idea was to get a password he used to encrypt data.