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NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg talks with historian Joseph Ellis about the transition of power from John Adams to Thomas Jefferson after the contentious election of 1800. The conversation is part of a month-long series about leaving the White House.

Scott Horsley reports on the California legislature's new plan to solve the state's energy crisis.

NPR's Michelle Trudeau reports that a new study is finding a link between violent behavior in children and the amount of television they watch. She talks to a researcher who successfully helped schoolchildren cut back on the amount of time they spend watching TV.

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.

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.

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on California Governor Gray Davis' plans for dealing with the energy crisis. Among his proposals are partially regulating the energy industry in the state.

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.

After spending three years in Russia covering the country's political and social changes, NPR Correspondent Michelle Kelemen has returned to the US with a reporter's insight into life in the former Soviet Union. She talks with host Lisa Simeone.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Morning Edition Sports Commentator John Feinstein about the resignation of Boston Celtic Coach, Rick Pitino. The former college coach came into the franchise four years ago as Celtic president and general manager, as well as coach. The Celtics...once one of the NBA's most powerful basketball teams, failed to make the playoffs under Petino.

NPR's David Molpus reports on the response of many Internet businesses to the anticipated worsening of the current economic slump: layoffs.