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NPR's Melissa Block reviews the life and work of photographer Austin Hansen, who documented life in Harlem for 60 years. He died Tuesday at the age of 85.

What is Patrick Buchanan's appeal? Robert talks with NPR political commentator Steven Stark about the populistic appeal of presidential contender Pat Buchanan. Stark says it's both his economic nationalism and moralistic preaching that appeals to his supporters.

Robert talks to Harold Rothwax, who for 25 years has been a judge on the New York State Supreme Court and has now written a book entitled, Guilty: The Collapse of Criminal Justice. In his book Rothwax outlines areas of needed reforms in the criminal justice system, including how some evidence is thrown out even when obtained in good faith. (Published by Random H

Noah speaks with Chris Hasset, president and CEO of Pointcast, a San Francisco company that has developed a computer screensaver that can deliver news and information.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports that Texas Sen. Phil Gramm announced today that he would end his bid for the Republican presidential nomination after placing fifth in Monday's Iowa caucuses. Gramm's bid for the presidency was marked by an impressive fundraising and organizational effort, but his fiscally and socially conservative message never struck a chord with many voters. The question now is where his supporters will go -- to Pat Buchanan, who is expected to attract many of the social conservatives who backed Gramm, or to Bob Dole, who has a similar committment to balancing the federal budget.

NPR's John Burnett continues his report on Herman Wrice's war on drugs.

Commentator Marion Winik will be enjoying Superbowl XXX more than the previous 29 games because this year she's a football fan. Winik explains it's a change wrought by love.

Local TV news is the subject of a new novel, "LIVE AT FIVE" by David Haynes. Alan Cheuse says its a smart book about what television news does and doesn't tell the audience.(2:00) 2B CUTAWAY 0:59 Funder 0:29 XPromo 0:29 CUTAWAY 2B 0:29 RETURN2 0:29 NEWS 2:59 NEWS 1:59 THEME MUSIC 0:29 2C 13. POLITICS -- Linda talks with NPR political correspondent Elizabeth Arnold in Arizona and Boston Globe reporter Jill Zuckman in Georgia about the latest developments from the GOP campaign trails.

Noah speaks with NPR's political correspondent Elizabeth Arnold, who has been been traveling with the Dole campaign. After his disappointing second place finish in New Hampshire Tuesday, Arnold says Dole will have to get tough to stop conservative rival Pat Buchanan from embarrassing him in upcoming primaries.

NPR's Peter Overby reports that following the New Hampshire primary, almost all of the Republican presidential candidates have money problems. Steve Forbes is planning to spend even more, but Pat Buchanan and Lamar Alexander are running low. Bob Dole has plenty in the bank, but is coming up fast on the spending limit for publicly-subsidized candidates.

Dr. John Caronna, a professor of clinical neurology, tells Noah that the story of Gary Dockery's waking up from a 7-year coma is not entirely accurate. Medically, Dockery has maintained consciousness, but severe brain damage from a gunshot wound limited his response to stimuli. Caronna says something energized him, increasing his ability to communicate. But it's unclear if he will continue to improve or not.

Zapatista Indian rebels have agreed to sign their first peace accord with the Mexican Government. It's one of six agreements that need to be negotiated to end the Zapatista rebellion, which began two years ago in the state of Chiapas. David Welna reports from Mexico City on the terms of the accord and why this breakthrough is happening now.

NPR's John Burnett reports on the neighboring border towns of Columbus, New Mexico, and Palomas, Mexico. At a time when anti-immigrant rhetoric is popular, these two cities have developed a cooperative, complementary relationship that capitalizes on each of their strengths.

Commentator Samuel Francis says Buchanan represents a new and better model of conservatism. The old one stood for internationalism and big government; the new one is nationalistic, religious and stresses the virtues of small government, and that's good.

Noah talks to Jayetta Hecker, associate director for the National Security and International Affairs Division of the General Accounting Office. They talk about the GAO report released today that describes near-perfect counterfeit $100 bills which have been in circulation in the Middle East. The first of these "Superdolars" were found in the early 1990s. They are much better fakes than most counterfeit money because they are printed on rag cotton paper using a printing method similar to the one used by the U.S. Treasury.

NPR's Michael Goldfarb reports from London on attempts to refloat an oil tanker that ran aground off the coast of Wales. The tanker Sea Empress has spilled as estimated 19 million gallons of oil. The oil is in a 12-mile long slick that is drifting out to sea.

Noah talks with NPR's Martha Raddatz who was today briefed by United States intelligence officials about the continuing concern over bringing indicted war criminals to justice.

Robert and Noah review the latest batch of listeners' comments.

The Commerce Department released figures today showing a sharp drop in industrial production during January. Jim Zarroli reports the government data is just one more sign that the economy has slowed considerably over the past year. But some economists say the picture may not be as bad as today's numbers suggest.

President Clinton has nominated Federal Reserve board chairman Alan Greenspan to a third four-year term at the nation's central bank. In addition, the president moved to fill two open slots at the Fed, nominating his budget director, Alice Rivlin, and St. Louis economist Laurence Meyer for vacant seats on the board. The renomination of Greenspan was expected and it has the support of the financial markets. NPR's White House correspondent Mara Liasson reports.