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against its competitors. UPS and Federal Express have complained about a series of ads comparing the Post Office's 2-day priority mail with their services. Yesterday, a panel of advertising officials ruled in favor of the Postal Service...saying the ads were not misleading.

four-month-long civil war is affecting life and politics in the capital city. Well before the conflict began, there was widespread hardship and opposition to President Mobutu, the long-time dictator. Criticism of the government is being expressed much more openly now than used to be the case.

Linda talks with Anthony Corrado, a professor of political science at Colby College in Maine, and Kenneth Gross, a former Federal Election Commission official, about the fundraising scandals that have dominated headlines in recent weeks. They discuss whether the outrage that politicians and the media have expressed at the fundraising tactics of the Clinton administration is a result of the degree to which fundraisers exploited campaign finance regulations, or is more focused on the origins of the money that was collected. They also talk about how far politicians can go without expressly breaking campaign finance laws.

Commentator Doug Rushkoff says the greatest threat to free expression on the internet are not paranoid law enforcement officials or greedy recording industry moguls, but the ordinary users. Stoked by the fear of hackers, spam and internet porn, he says there has been a mass migration towards internet safe havens. Even the tools we use to navigate and even create digital workspace make many assumptions for us, standards preset by companies like microsoft.

Testifying before the Senate Banking Committee, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan expresses skepticism for President Bush's $1.3-trillion tax-cut package and says Congress must to get the budget deficit under control before it considers any further tax cuts. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports.

The mayor of Denver, Colorado says he doesn't want to jump on the bandwagon of cities renaming their sports stadiums after corporate sponsors. AT&T Broadband, Janus Capital Corporation and Invesco have all expressed interest in paying to have their names on the new home field for the Denver Broncos football team. Noah Adams talks with Mayor Wellington Webb about why he wants to keep the name "Mile High Stadium," despite the possible benefits to taxpayers from a corporate name.

President Bush expresses continued faith in Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and offers a hopeful outlook on Iraq, despite some setbacks. Bush made the comments in his year-end news conference. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

President Bush makes his first public remarks concerning the recent surge of casualties in Iraq as he toured fire-ravaged areas of Southern California Tuesday. The president expressed his sadness and concern for the families of the dead and wounded but said the United States was protecting its national security by its presence in Iraq. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

Three days after the U.N. Security Council lifts sanctions on Iraq, the U.S.-appointed interim oil minister says the country will restore pre-war oil production and begin exporting within the next few weeks. In Baghdad, Iraqis express anger at the shortage of gas and complain that much of the existing oil is being smuggled out of the country. Hear NPR's Nick Spicer.

Shanghai says it has only four SARS cases, but the World Health Organization expresses skepticism over the figure. Meanwhile, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says while progress against SARS is being made, more work needs to be done to bring the flu-like disease under control. Hear David Lore of The Shanghai Daily.