Morning Edition Returns: Food for Books

Published December 16, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

The West Palm Beach, Fla., library wants a can of food with those overdue books.

National & International News

Pro-Russia ex-PM leads leftist party to win in Slovakia's parliamentary elections

The Associated Press

The election was a test for the small eastern European country's support for neighboring Ukraine. The win by Robert Fico could strain a fragile unity in the European Union and NATO.
The police chief who led a raid of a small Kansas newspaper has been suspended

The Associated Press

Marion Mayor Dave Mayfield in a text said he suspended Chief Gideon Cody on Thursday. He declined to discuss his decision further and did not say whether Cody was still being paid.
California's governor rejects a bill to give unemployment checks to striking workers

The Associated Press

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom said he vetoed the bill because the fund the state uses to pay unemployment benefits will be nearly $20 billion in debt by the end of the year.