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Scott with some thoughts about a political storm in Dane County, Wisconsin about a supervisor, and his desire to spend his winters in Florida.

Security for next week's Presidential Inauguration is expected to be tighter than at any inauguration in history ... election protestors are promising to show up in droves. NPR's Mary Ann Akers reports.

Pope John Paul II closes out the jubilee year, shutting the door in St. Peter's Basillica that he opened to mark the beginning of the third millennium of Christianity. Some 25 million pilgrims have visited Rome this jubilee year, to reaffirm their commitment to the faith. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports.

NPR's Cheryl Corley profiles the Harlem Globetrotters, the legendary clown princes of basketball, who are celebrating their 75th anniversary. The team continues to tour world-wide, entertaining millions. Today, however, they return to their roots, with a game in Illinois.

What makes for a good laugh? To find out, Liane talks with Dr. Robert Provine, neurobiologist from the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, who has done extensive research on laughter. (10:00) (NOTE: His book "Laughter: A Scientific Investigation" is published by Vi

Scott speaks with Maud Lyon of the Detroit 300 organization about the city's time capsule, sealed in 1901 and opened earlier this week by Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer.

This weekend, 52 new members of the 107th Congress mark their first official weekend in office. Host Lisa Simeone checks in with two freshmen in the House of Representatives to see how they are adjusting to life on the Hill after being sworn in this past Wednesday. Susan Davis is a Democrat from the 49th district in California; Adam Putnam, who also has the distinction of being the youngest member of Congress, is a Republican from the 12th district in Florida.

The cost of sending a first class letter goes up by 1 penny today, to 34 cents. Liane talks with Wayne Youngblood, editor and publisher of the journal Stamp Collector and the website stampcollector.net, about how stamp collectors are reacting to this price increase.

Tomorrow, January 7th, is Orthodox Christmas. Weekend All Things Considered essayist Madeline Hnatowich-Dean recalls the day when she was eight years old and played the accordion in the Christmas pageant at St. Mary's Russian Orthodox Church in Stamford, Connecticut.

Simon/Wren: Scott talks with writer Wren Weschler of the New Yorker about art afficonado and museum creator Knut Jensen who died recently