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NPR's Jim Zarroli reports the Fed left interest rates alone today but warned that higher energy prices and eroding consumer confidence are contributing to economic weakness. The Fed dropped its bias toward raising the key short-term interest rates it controls, saying economic weakness is now a greater risk than inflation.

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."

NPR's Ted Clark reports that Israelis and Palestinians are in Washington for separate talks with US officials. The goal is to restart the stalled Mideast peace process.

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.

NPR's Pam Fessler reports on George W. Bush's meetings today with the man he will succeed -- President Bill Clinton -- and the man he defeated for the job, Vice President Al Gore. As he did during yesterday's meetings with congressional leaders, Bush said he was "here to listen."

NPR's Barbara Bradley reports that the ramifications of the United States Supreme Court's decision on the Bush-Gore case may continue into the future. While George W. Bush will become president the Supreme Court might have lost some credibility. Many people are still unsure whether the court did the right thing.

NPR's Debbie Elliott reports that Exxon Mobil Corporation has been ordered to pay the state of Alabama nearly 3-and-a-half billion dollars in punitive damages. An Alabama circuit court jury found the company had deliberately underpaid on its natural gas leases off the Alabama coast.

NPR's Jackie Northam reports that the FCC is auctioning off part of the airwave spectrum. The band that's up for grabs is intended for wireless communication providers, and should mean stronger and clearer connections for cell phone users. It will also give the industry room to develop the next generation of wireless services.

Commentator Andrew Weis suggests president-elect George W. Bush should pardon President Clinton. Weis says the move would assure support for Bush from both Democrats and Republicans.

From member station WBGO Andrew Meyer reports that five police officers in Orange, New Jersey have been found guilty of civil rights violations in the beating and pepper-spraying of a man wrongly suspected of killing a officer.