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President-elect Bush began his inaugural celebrations yesterday at the Lincoln Memorial with music, lights, and fireworks. NPR's Don Gonyea reports on the festivities.

David D'arcy reports on the Sundance film festival which begins today in Park City, Utah. More than 100 films will be shown this year for critics, Hollywood producers and distributors.

President Clinton worked out a agreement on his last day with the independent counsel, which ensured he would not be indicted when he leaves office. NPR's Pam Fessler reports.

NPR's Julie Rovner reports that this week, President Bush will release his plan to add a prescription drug benefit for seniors on Medicare.

NPR's Joe Palca reports that scientists have succeeded in a stopping a pulse of light in its tracks. Two separate teams of researchers say they have accomplished the feat by passing light through clouds of chilled sodium atoms and rubidium vapor.

NPR's Kenneth Walker reports from the Democratic Republic of Congo on the reactions of the Congolese people to the assassination last week of their leader, Laurent Kabila.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Rome on the 100th anniversary of the death of legendary opera composer Giuseppe Verdi. The date was marked in Verdi's native Italy with special concerts, including a performance of Verdi's Requiem.

NPR's Jason Beaubien reports that nine presidents of major universities have acknowledged that women in the sciences face barriers not faced by men. They pledged an end to the bias, but some critics are skeptical.

A young man in college in the U.S. went home to India recently for a family reunion-- and was the only member of his family to survive the earthquake. NPR's Michael Sullivan reports.

Joel Obermayer reports that despite everything we've heard about the bursting of the dot-com bubble, some internet companies are succeeding.