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Kenya's attorney general calls for an independent verification of the votes in the presidential election Thursday, as police and protesters clash in the fifth day of violence. Protests have left 300 dead and displaced 100,000.

An experienced public corruption prosecutor will head up the criminal investigation into the CIA's destruction in 2005 of videotapes of terror suspects being interrogated.

Robert Siegel and Melissa Block read from listener letters.

The Federal Trade Commission is opening an investigation into the booming but unregulated "carbon offset" market. People buy these offsets to counterbalance their carbon emissions.

Five Republican presidential candidates square off for their final debate before New Hampshire voters go to the polls Jan. 8. At the Fox News forum, they spar on taxes, spending and the buzzword of this year's campaign: change.

The race is crucial for Hillary Clinton and John McCain. In last-minute campaigning, Clinton struggled to avoid a highly damaging second straight defeat in the Democratic presidential race. Republicans John McCain and Mitt Romney fought hard for victory in New Hampshire, where neither could afford to lose.

Robert Siegel and Michele Norris read from our listeners' e-mails. Topics include our coverage of the New Hampshire primary, a tailor's apprentice, and the music and musings of Merle Haggard.

The 100th day of the Obama presidency is also a milestone for the Republican Party. It marks 100 days in an unfamiliar exile — controlling neither the House nor the Senate nor the executive branch. And on Day 99, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) announced he's switching sides.

Just as more troops are being sent to Afghanistan, so are more helicopters. Commanders there say they need a lot more to cover a country with few roads. The military also plans to increase the number of unmanned drones, which allow commanders to see the battlefield and strike targets.

President-elect Barack Obama has vowed to adopt an aggressive approach to global warming and the environment. At a news conference Monday in Chicago, Obama will announce his team to deal with the nation's energy and environmental future. The industrial world is looking to the Obama administration to help get other countries to make environmental changes.