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Melinda speaks with Antoinette Russell, who found several autograph books in the drawer of a table she bought at an auction.

California's Governor Gray Davis announced his plan to avert the possible bankruptcy of his state's utilities. Mr. Davis proposes that the state buy the transmission lines from the utilities. NPR's Richard Gonzales reports.

A hearing of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights was held yesterday. The commission is investigating whether thousands of citizens may have been denied the right to vote in Florida's November elections. NPR's Philip Davis reports.

Breslow: NPR's Peter Breslow pays a return visit to Ecuador 25 years after living there and brings back some snapshots.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's former White House correspondent Mara Liasson about the latest developments in the story of former President Bill Clinton's eleventh-hour pardons.

Leda Hartman examines how a third-grade social studies class in North Carolina is using e-mail to teach geography. Students there have received more than 300,000 e-mails from people on every continent. And each time they receive one from a new country or location, they learn all they can about that place.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Sue Hecht, a Democrat in the Maryland House of Delegates. Hecht saw her mother abused in a care home for the elderly, and she has introduced legislation that would permit video cameras to be placed in nursing homes.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Vernon Edenfield, president of the George Washington Fredericksburg Foundation, about the economic considerations that factor into the preservation of historic sites. Edenfield claims if the right balance is struck, conservation and preservation can mean good business for local economies.

Last night's Grammy awards were a combination of the unusual and the mundane. NPR's Ina Jaffe reports.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Samson Shekhar Chauhan of the Lutheran Maritime Ministries about his work assisting crew members unable to leave ships because of COVID restrictions and shipping delays.

Former President Bill Clinton has asked his brother-in-law to return money he received in connection with pardons Mr. Clinton granted to two convicted felons at the end of his term. Hillary Rodham Clinton's brother Hugh was given about 200-thousand-dollars for successfully lobbying for the pardons. Noah Adams speaks with NPR's Mara Liasson about it.

Teenagers are the hottest consumer demographic in America. Media analyst Douglas Rushkoff examines the multi-billion dollar marketing industry aimed at teenagers in the new Frontline documentary The Merchants of Cool. (Tuesday, Feb. 27th at 10 PM). Rushkoff is also the author of Coercion: Why We Listen to What They Say (Riverhead books) about how our everyday decisions are influenced by marketers, politicians, religious leaders, and other forces.