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events in Washington, DC. Nearly a million people are expected for the festivities, which culminate Monday with the swearing-in ceremony for William Jefferson Clinton's second term.

Jack Williams of member station KUHF in Houston takes us to Grace Community Church in Texas, where parishioners remembered two of the astronauts who died yesterday, Rick Husband and Mike Anderson. NPR's Phillip Davis reports on reactions from Florida.

NPR Senior Correspondent Juan Williams talks to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) about his reaction to President Bush's State of the Union address.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports that Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates has established an international scholarship at Cambridge University in London. Gates' scholarship is open to students of all nationalities including Americans. William Gates, Senior announced the endowment and says his son's motive is entirely altruistic.

Poor academic performance by college athletes may be an omen for problems later in life. Frank Deford comments on the corrupting influence of college sports. (3:34) The book is: The Game of Life by William G. Bowen, James L. Shulman, Princeton Univ. Press, ISBN: 0691

William Hewlett, co-founder of the Hewlett-Packard Company has died at the age of 87. Karen Lewis is company historian for Agilent -- a company that spun-off from H.P. She talks to Noah Adams about how H.P. got its start.

Film Critic Bob Mondello reviews The Visit, based on a true story about a man dying of AIDS in prison, waiting for a visit from his unforgiving father. It stars Hill Harper, Billy Dee Williams, Felicia Rashad, and others. Mondello was surprised at how affirmative it is.

Scott talks with Lee Sullivan, the Mayor of Panama City Beach Florida. Reporters, posing as representatives of Prince William, tried to convince the Mayor that the Prince was coming for a spring break visit. Fortunately Mr Sullivan discovered the ploy -- and turned the joke around.

Robert Siegel talks with retired Lt. Gen. William E. Odom about how pilots are trained to behave when they are in the custody of another nation. Odom is former head of the National Security Agency, director of National Security Studies at the Hudson Institute, and adjunct professor of political science at Yale University.

Jack Williams, from member station KUHF reports on a literary event in Houston last night, benefiting the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy. President Bush attended the event and took the opportunity to poke fun at himself for his well-publicized grammatical gaffes.

Lisa talks with New York Times food critic William Grimes. Grimes, who writes about tasting chicken and other foods for a living, was very surprised to find a living breathing, scratching, pecking chicken in his own Queens, New York, backyard.

Cartoon creator William Hanna died yesterday at age 90. Host Bob Edwards talks about the much loved cartoons Hanna created with his partner Joseph Barbera. They include Scooby Doo, The Jetsons, The Flintstones, Tom and Jerry, and many others.

NPR's Liane Hansen is joined by two members of President Clinton''s seven member advisory board on race, attorney Angela Oh and former Mississippi Gov. William Winter. This past week, members of the board ventured outside Washington to Phoenix, Arizona, where they heard from residents in an open forum.

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell says he thinks a military conflict between India and Pakistan can be averted. "There's nothing inevitable about war," he tells NPR's Juan Williams in an interview for Morning Edition. When it comes to Iraq, Powell is less adamant about the hopes for a political solution.

Sporadic battles continue in northern Iraq. In the Kurdish-controlled town of Sulamaniyah, many fighters loyal to Saddam Hussein move though the area disguised as civilians. NPR's Juan Williams talks to Michael Ware of Time magazine.

Alex Chadwick talks with Slate contributor Emily Bazelon about U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist's looming retirement, and if he'll stay on the court until after the summer recess.

Guest host Lynn Neary speaks with our movie-music guide Andy Trudeau about this year's crop of Oscar-nominated scores. This week: James Horner's A Beautiful Mind (Decca Records 440 016 191-2) and John Williams A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Warner Bros. 9 48096-2).

Traditionally, presidential candidates have coveted labor endorsements. But in the current presidential election campaign, backing from labor has not guaranteed candidates success in the Democratic primaries and caucuses. Hear NPR's Juan Williams.

They came by bus, train and, in at least one case, roller-skates. The people who traveled to the historic March on Washington from around the country 40 years ago this week made the journey despite threats of violence. NPR's Juan Williams reports on the stories of march participants and organizers.

In the second installment of a three-part series on presidents and spirituality, commentator William McKenzie says President Bush's Biblical references have been put under the microscope more than those of past presidents. McKenzie is an editorial columnist for the Dallas Morning News.