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Senate hearings begin today for President-elect George Bush's nominee for Attorney General. Senator John Ashcroft is expected to face tough questioning from the Senate Judiciary Committee. NPR's Barbara Bradley looks at other contentious confirmation hearings from the past.

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.

Gene Autry's ubiquitous theme song never got old for 'the Singing Cowboy,' remaining a mainstay for his entire career as an actor, singer, and owner of the Anaheim Angels.

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 Jack Speer a joint agreement between the US Postal Service and the delivery service, Federal Express. FedEx will take over express mail service and the handling of many packages.

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.

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.