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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.

Scott speaks with Weekend Edition's entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell about film director Steven Soderbergh. Mr. Soderbergh might have two films -- Traffic and Erin Brockovich -- nominated for Oscar's best picture of the year.

Frank talks with John Wiley, a professor at the UCLA School of Law and an expert on antitrust matters, about a recent round of big business mergers. This past week, the Federal Trade Commission gave final approval for the merger of AOL and Time Warner; and the parent company of American Airlines announced it would buy TWA and part of USAir.

Frank Morris of member station KCUR in Kansas City reports on the effort to remodel old nuclear missile silos into homes. The U.S. government built more than 100 nuclear bases and silos in the early 1960s, but they were quickly decommissioned. Today, some people are finding they make for spacious and interesting housing.

Frank talks with William Gehring, a University of Michigan psychology professor who is exploring the science of error. Gehring and his team investigate why we all make little mistakes.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including Chinese Embassy Representative Lee Xiao Ming introducing two new pandas at the National Zoo in Washington; President-elect George W. Bush defending Linda Chavez, his original choice for Secretary of Labor; Linda Chavez, asking Bush to withdraw her nomination for Secretary of Labor; President-elect Bush introducing Elaine Chao, his new choice for Secretary of Labor; Elaine Chao; California Governor Gray Davis delivering his State of the State Address; David Stempler, President, Air Travelers Association and Barbara Biar, president of the aviation consulting firm Avmark; and Joanne Drake, chief of staff to former President Reagan.

An episode of the popular TV series West Wing featured a storyline about the music of Iceland. Alex Van Oss uses that fictional depiction to tell the story of the real music of Iceland. An example is Icerap 2000, a new work by the country's leading composer, which has been performed in several American cities by the Iceland Sympony Orchestra.

In 1994, legendary singer Pops Staples, the partriarch of the gospel group The Staples Singers, spoke with NPR's Liane Hansen about his friendship with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The two men last spoke in Memphis just a few weeks before Dr. King was assasinated there in 1968. In an excerpt from that interview, Pops Staples, who died this past December, remembers the great civil rights leader, and performs one of Dr. King's favorite songs, Why Am I Treated So Bad.

Frank reads letters and e-mails from listeners.

All the pomp and circumstance of Saturday's inauguration may seem like a simple observation of protocol, but what did the inaugural planner do in 1789 at George Washington's swearing in when there was no protocol? Host Lisa Simeone speaks with historian C.L. Arbelbide about how some of the rituals of the inauguration came to be.

The 1960's civil rights struggle was documented on Motown Records Black Forum label. Suzanne Smith, author of Dancing in the Street : Motown and the Cultural Politics of Detroit (Harvard University Press), tells Frank Stasio about these rare recordings, which include an early version of the I Have A Dream speech of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Detroit in 1963. (NOTE: These recordings are not currently in print. To obtain rare recordings, check used record shops, search internet auction sites such as e-bay, or post your wants in music or oldies newsgroups on the web.)

More than 230 people are dead following Saturday's 7.6 magnitude earthquake in El Salvador. The country is still digging survivors out of a massive mudslide in the suburb of Santa Tecla, but the search is slowly turning into one of recovering bodies. Host Lisa Simeone speaks with reporter Michael Lanchin in El Salvador.