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Anti-abortion activists eagerly await George W. Bush's inauguration. First the first time in eight years, they feel they have an ally in the White House and they're expecting quick action. But as NPR's Julie Rovner reports, the abortion issue may not be as simple for the new President to navigate as some may think.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports on the closing of the Brach's candy plant in Chicago.

Member station KJZZ's Mark Moran reports on a new ten year plan for fire supression in Arizona and New Mexico.

NPR's John McChesney reports the Justice Department today told a Federal Appeals court that the federal judge who ordered the breakup of the big software maker had made the right decision and that, contrary to Microsoft's accusations, the judge in the case was not biased.

Scott Simon talks with Sherry Sabin. Mrs. Sabin's sixth grade class contributed the first three hundred and seventy-eight dollars of the 1.6 million dollars it took to build the newest addition to the FDR memorial - a statue of Roosevelt sitting in a wheelchair. The statue was unveiled on Wednesday.

Dan Schorr discusses the powers of the office of the attorney general with Steve Salzburg, a former Justice Department official who now teaches law at George Washington University, and veteran Los Angeles Times reporter Ron Oslowe, who has co-authored a book on the Justice Department.

The National Baseball Hall of Fame will announce this year's inductees on Tuesday. Weekend Edition's sports commentator Ron Rapoport tells Scott whom he voted for.

NPR's Phillip Davis reports on the first series of hearings in Florida on irregularities surrounding the state's presidential election. The US civil rights commission is investigating complaints that Florida's patchwork of election laws and voting systems may have prevented many people from having their votes counted.

Scott with some thoughts about a political storm in Dane County, Wisconsin about a supervisor, and his desire to spend his winters in Florida.

Security for next week's Presidential Inauguration is expected to be tighter than at any inauguration in history ... election protestors are promising to show up in droves. NPR's Mary Ann Akers reports.