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Is it okay to wear cowboy boots with your tux at the inauguration? At the Austin-American Statesman newspaper, the "Answer Lady" Jane Greig as been fielding questions like this from Texans confused about what life in Washington will be like. In an effort to extend a warm welcome to all newcomers, we ask Greig about ways we can make Texans feel at home when they come to town.

When Janet Reno steps down this month, she will have made history as the longest serving attorney general of the 20th century. Her eight-year tenure has been book-ended by controversial decisions in Waco, Texas, and in the case of Elian Gonzalez. But Reno also leaves a legacy of law enforcement at the local level. Host Lisa Simeone speaks with Jim Oliphant, a reporter with the Legal Times newspaper.

Forty years after two African-American students broke the race barrier at the University of Georgia, black students continue to feel unwelcome on a campus that they believe still hangs onto its racist past. From Athens, Steve Lickteig reports.

NPR's Joanne Silberner reports on findings by the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology that suggest American kids are more anxious today than their own parents were growing up.

Confirmation hearings begin Tuesday for John Ashcroft as George W. Bush's nominee for attorney general. Among the questions Ashcroft is expected to face are concerns over an interview he did with Southern Partisan magazine. NPR's Adam Hochberg profiles a magazine with a limited circulation, but a controversial reputation.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports on the closing of the Brach's candy plant in Chicago.

America's premiere auto show opens to the public in Detroit today. Journalists, car company executives and auto analysts have reviewed last year's record breaking performance, and are now preparing for what looks to be a slower year. Jerome Vaughn of member station WDET reports.

Scott speaks with Weekend Edition's entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell about film director Steven Soderbergh. Mr. Soderbergh might have two films -- Traffic and Erin Brockovich -- nominated for Oscar's best picture of the year.

Frank Stasio talks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about Senate Judiciary Committee hearings this week on President-elect George W. Bush's nomination of John Ashcroft to the be next Attorney General. The nomination has provoked opposition from liberal interest groups.

Frank talks with John Wiley, a professor at the UCLA School of Law and an expert on antitrust matters, about a recent round of big business mergers. This past week, the Federal Trade Commission gave final approval for the merger of AOL and Time Warner; and the parent company of American Airlines announced it would buy TWA and part of USAir.