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Rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews "Our Cancer Year," the book-length comic about a couple''s battle with cancer, by Harvey Pekar and Joyce Brabner (Four Walls Eight Windows).

2: Novelist MICHAEL TOLKIN. He wrote the novel, "The Player," a satirical look at Hollywood which was made into a Robert Altman film. TOKIN also wrote and directed the film, "The Rapture." His newest work is a novel, "Among the Dead," (William Morrow & Co.).

LIANE HANSEN EWSCASTERS: BILL REDLIN & MICHAEL LELAND

Ann Kimsey reports on a New Year's Eve tradition in the deep outh: fireball throwing.

ommentator MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews Thomas Mallon''s new novel, "Henry and Clara." (Ticknor and F

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's ews, including airman Bobby Hall on his release from North Korea, President linton welcoming that release, Hall's parents; the French Prime Minister douard Balladur on the terrorist plane attack; Senator Patrick Leahy on the esignation of CIA Director Woolsey; and future House Speaker Newt Gingrich

January first marks the day when a number of new laws go nto effect around the nation. From tougher sentencing laws to far-reaching imitations on cigarette smoking, Adam Hochberg (HOCK-berg) reviews the stock of ew rules, some obviously significant, while others tease the line between eriousness and the absurd.

Puzzlemaster Will Shortz provides the answer to his two-week listener hallenge, and gives a year-end names-in-the-news quiz. 7:58 This week's on-air player lives in Alexandria, Virginia and listens to WDCU, ashington,

A year end review of many of the voices in the news from 994.

In the first of a two part conversation, Liane Hansen talks ith jazz pianist and composer Keith Jarrett. In a rare interview at the usicians' home in rural southern New Jersey, Jarrett talks about his latest ive jazz trio album, "AT THE DEER HEAD INN" (ECM 1531).

NPR's Wendy Kaufman examines the issue of crime in a city that barely gave it any thought until a few years ago. Now with crime on the increase, citizens in Washington State want to know what their leaders in the other Washington are going to do to make them safer.

How can we be sure a company really is doing right by the environment?