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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 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.

Liane talks live with Los Angeles Times Washington Bureau Chief Doyle McManus about the domestic agenda of President-elect George W. Bush.

As part of the NPR 100, Jeff Lunden looks at the creation of the Broadway musical masterpiece My Fair Lady.

What makes for a good laugh? To find out, Liane talks with Dr. Robert Provine, neurobiologist from the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, who has done extensive research on laughter. (10:00) (NOTE: His book "Laughter: A Scientific Investigation" is published by Vi

Today, a special joint session of the US Congress was held to certify the electoral college votes for President and Vice President. Vice President Al Gore presided over the session that announced George W. Bush and Dick Cheney as the winners of the election. Host Lisa Simeone talks about the proceeding with NPR's David Welna, where members of the Congressional Black Congress raised objections and ultimately walked out of the session in protest of uncounted popular votes in the state of Florida.

Paul Simon's 1986 album Graceland fuses the music of America and South Africa.

Weekend Edition's resident satirists at the Montana Logging and Ballet Company take a humorous look at the transition efforts of President-elect George W. Bush.

Liane Hansen speaks with Anthony DeCurtis, contributing editor at Rolling Stone Magazine, about the controversy surrounding the Grammy nomination of Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP for Album of the Year. Parents and gay-rights groups have criticized Eminem for his gay-bashing, homicidal, and misogynistic lyrics. {STATIONS NOTE: 0:52 into the piece, an excerpt of music from "The Marshall Mathers LP" is heard, including the line: My words are like a dagger with a jagged edge/That'll stab you in the head whether you're a fag or lez/Or the homosex, hermaph or a trans-a-vest/Pants or dress/Hate fags? The answer's yes}

After spending three years in Russia covering the country's political and social changes, NPR Correspondent Michelle Kelemen has returned to the US with a reporter's insight into life in the former Soviet Union. She talks with host Lisa Simeone.

Lisa talks to Chris Thomas King, a singer, songwriter and guitarist from Louisiana who's on the cutting edge of the blues. Chris Thomas King talks about his music, and about his role in the new Coen Brothers' movie, Oh Brother Where Art Thou? King's latest cd is Me, My Guitar and the Blues. (Blind Pig Records BPCD 5064)

Scott speaks with Maud Lyon of the Detroit 300 organization about the city's time capsule, sealed in 1901 and opened earlier this week by Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer.