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Democratic strategist Mark Mellman disagrees with the notion that his party lost big on Election Day. Mellman joins NPR's Steve Inskeep to discuss what he thinks needs to be done to reinvigorate the party.

It was something like the movie Outbreakmeets Eloise at the Plaza. Last week a Washington area day care center received an anthrax threat. Kids and teachers made it out the door in seconds flat, into the cold and rain. They took refuge at the luxurious Monarch Hotel next door, where they were treated like tiny royalty. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Charyn Cade of Capital Kids daycare and George Terpilowski of the Monarch Hotel.

Republican Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire prepares to take over as chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee. Gregg tells NPR's Steve Inskeep about some of the policies he wants to change.

California Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi campaigns for the position of House minority leader. She talks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about why the Democrats collapsed on Election Day.

The U.N. Security Council unanimously passes a resolution calling on Iraq to disarm and to allow new weapons inspections. It gives Iraq one last chance to eliminate weapons of mass destruction or face what are called "serious consequences." President Bush applauds the move. NPR's Bob Edwards speaks to NPR's Vicky O'Hara.

An Iranian man discovers that he can't bank on the benefits of a sorcerer's magic spells.

Accused sniper John Lee Malvo, 17, is ordered held without bail after a hearing Friday in Fairfax County, Va. A preliminary hearing was held earlier in the day in Prince William County, Va., for 41-year-old John Allen Muhammad, the other suspect in a string of killings in the Washington, D.C. area and the Deep South. NPR's Andrea Seabrook reports.

Tax cuts remain high on the Republican agenda for the new Congress. The Bush administration hopes to make permanent a $1.3-trillion tax cut passed by Congress last year. NPR's Scott Horsley reports.

The University of Michigan has levied a post-season ban on its men's basketball program for 2003. This action comes after the university acknowledged payoffs by a major booster to star players in the 1990s. NPR's Tom Goldman reports.

The allies' World War II invasion of Algeria and Morocco began 60 years ago today. Author Rick Atkinson has written about the North Africa campaign in An Army at Dawn. He speaks with NPR's Bob Edwards.