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Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Gerry Hadden about the latest on the earthquake in San Salvador and relief efforts underway there.

Scott Horsley reports on the California legislature's new plan to solve the state's energy crisis.

David Shaper of member station WBEZ in Chicago reports that Motorola is halting cellular-phone manufacturing at its plant in Harvard, Illinois, and laying off about 2,500 workers.

NPR's Jackie Northam reports from Chicago on rising natural gas prices. Colder than normal temperatures have greatly increased demand for natural gas in much of the Midwest.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Morning Edition Sports Commentator John Feinstein about the resignation of Boston Celtic Coach, Rick Pitino. The former college coach came into the franchise four years ago as Celtic president and general manager, as well as coach. The Celtics...once one of the NBA's most powerful basketball teams, failed to make the playoffs under Petino.

Chinese officials are claiming The Tiananmen Papers, are fabricated, but Beijing says the bloody 1989 crackdown on student-led protests was justified. NPR's Rob Gifford reports.

As part of her series on what's it like for Presidents leaving the White House, NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg talks to Edmund Morris, biographer of Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan.

The cost of sending a first class letter goes up by 1 penny today, to 34 cents. Liane talks with Wayne Youngblood, editor and publisher of the journal Stamp Collector and the website stampcollector.net, about how stamp collectors are reacting to this price increase.

Liane talks with NPR's Sylvia Poggioli from Rome about the closing yesterday of the Jubilee Year by Pope John Paul the Second. The Holy Year was marked by memorable events and visits to Rome by millions of pilgrims.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Technology Correspondent John McChesney on the Consumer Electronic Show, now being held in Las Vegas. The show used to be about the latest stereos, televisions, and compact disc players, but now digital technology is taking over. Microsoft is introducing the "X-box", its answer to Sony's Play Station 2, and "Ultimate TV", a competitor to Tivo and Replay, hard disc television recorders that let the user pause and replay live television. Satellite Radio is also making itself known in the form of two new companies, Sirius and XM, which will feature 100 channels that will be available to subscribers throughout the country.

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on California Governor Gray Davis' plans for dealing with the energy crisis. Among his proposals are partially regulating the energy industry in the state.

NPR's Larry Abramson reports on a new business that's developing, which centers on finding new and improved ways to safeguard computer information.