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ITEM VETO - Jacki talks with James Thurber, the head of Congressional and Presidential Studies at American Univeristy in Washington D.C. Both houses of Congress have approved giving the President the Line-Item Veto...the ability of the President to veto specific portions of spending bills. Thurber discusses what the implications are.

Movie critic Bob Mondello says Walk The Line, the new biopic about the country music legend known as "The Man in Black, boasts terrific performances from Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash and Reese Witherspoon as June Carter, while the film itself is conventional.

Singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell recalls his childhood memory of hearing the song I Walk the Line by Johnny Cash in the backseat of a car. Crowell's story is called I Walk the Line-Revisted, and is set to be published in a collection next year.

Transmission lines have been linked to the start of the Eaton fire in January. But another kind of line — distribution lines that power homes — were also wreaking havoc before that fire sparked.

President Clinton signed the line-item veto bill today. It will allow a president to eliminate specific items in spending legislation, as well as very narrow tax loopholes and new entitlements. The new law, which presidents have called for for decades, goes into effect next January and will expire in eight years unless Congress extends it. Proponents say it will help cut the deficit. But NPR's Mara Liasson reports that many analysts are skeptical about the line-item veto's effectiveness.

About a fifth of adults in the U-S are using the Internet and the World Wide Web, a number which is growing daily. Many of these people get some of their news from on-line newspapers that are spinoffs of regular daily papers. The New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times all have some presence on the Web, but the on-line editions do not have the circulation or the advertising revenue to match their print equivalents, and most do not make any profit at all. Robert talks to editors and advertising researchers about the possible financial futures of publishing on the Web.

Users of major mass transit line in Boston had to find a new way to get around starting Friday morning. The T's Orange Line is closed for a month for major repairs that many say were long overdue.

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are in line for some of the top jobs at the U.S. Justice Department.

NPR's Alina Selyukh reports on what we know about the impact of boycotts on Target's bottom line and how the company's sales reflect a complex picture.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with writer Deepa Anappara about her debut novel Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line.

Folklorist Stephen Wade traces the origin of "The Rock Island Line." It was a hit for Lonnie Donnegan ("The King of Skiffle") in 1956. He got it from an old recording by Leadbelly who was at the session when it was first recorded on this date in 1934 by John Lomax at an Arkansas penal farm.

Public meetings are underway in Oklahoma and Arkansas to get input on a high-voltage transmission line. The U.S. hasn't added a line like this since the 1970s, but not everyone is happy about it.

At Franklin Barbecue in Austin, Texas, people start lining up at 5 a.m. to get a taste of world-famous brisket. The line has become such a fixture that it's become a business opportunity for locals.

Ra Ra Riot features swooning violin and cello lines, pop hooks and sinuous rock rhythms that bring to mind Spoon with strings. After the tragic loss of the band's drummer and songwriter, The Rhumb Line is the product of a cathartic recording process that takes a positive outlook on the darker side of life.

Shifting to clean electricity will require many more major transmission lines, something residents of some areas may not want. The infrastructure bill in Congress could make the lines easier to build.

When the new Republican-led Congress convenes in January, President Clinton will possess a power that presidents have yearned for since the days of Ulysses Grant -- the line item veto. But NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that lawmakers from the president's own party are hoping to strip Clinton of this powerful fiscal tool before Congress convenes.

President Biden plans to join a UAW picket line in Michigan, showing support for workers who have concerns about his electric vehicle policy.

Robert Siegel speaks with Brock Meeks, Washington correspondent for WIRED Magazine and HotWired, about the computer service America Online. At first a very successful on-line service, AOL is finding the Internet itself a source of competition. AOL offers members an environment of online services including access to the Internet but the Internet and its panoply of service providers is overshadowing AOL.

In the debate over immigration, many politicians seem to agree that people now in the U.S. illegally should wait at "the back of the line" for legal residency. But the backlog in processing applications means even those already in line face decades of waiting.

The government has sent evacuation orders to Ukraine's Donbas region but many remain. One sparsely open city has become a hub for Ukrainian military members taking a break from the front line.