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NPR's Cheryl Devall reports on an historic shift in the Florida legislature. Both houses are now Republican-controlled. They may find themselves at odds with Democratic Governor Lawton Chiles ... a situation similar to that of the President and the Congress.

The gift shop at the Richard Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, Calif., is reportedly the most successful of all the presidential library shops. Holiday shoppers head there to look for unusual presents. NPR's Ina Jaffe reports.

NPR's Ann Cooper reports from Johannesburg on the reluctance of South frican President Nelson Mandela to head up efforts to address the situation in aire. Some say as a leader of great credibility in a country with a stable emocracy, Mandela has a moral responsibility to take a more active role in elping to resolve conflicts on the continent.

Unemployment figures around the country hover just above five percent. NPR's Rick Karr reports that the labor market is particularly tight in parts of the midwest, especially for skilled labor.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports on the expected return of President obutu Sese Seko (moh-BOO-too SEY-sey SEH-koh) to Zaire. He has been in France or the past four months undergoing treatment for cancer while his country truggled with civil war.

In Belgrade, more than 150,000 took to the streets for the 13th straight day to protest the government's annullment of municiple elections that saw opposition score impressive victories. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports that the demonstrations are the beginning of a movement that aims to topple the government of President Slobodan Milosovic.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports from Jerusalem on the ontinuation of talks over the future of the Palestinian West Bank town of ebron. Israeli troops have yet to pull out of the town as promised, and each ide is blaming the other for the impasse in the negotiations.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports the Tokyo stock market revived today after massive losses last week, but the market is jittery. It's unclear whether the Japanese government will stick to its new policy of non-intervention in times of crisis in the market.

NPR's Mara Liasson reports that Bill Clinton today took the oath of office for his second term as President of the United States. In his inaugural speech he issued a passionate call for racial and political unity. "We must succeed as one America," he declared.

Unabomber suspect Ted Kaczynski makes an appearance... via satellite broadcast... in a New Jersey courtroom to answer charges that he killed a New Jersey advertising executive. Madeleine Brand of member station WBGO in Newark reports.