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NPR's Liane Hansen talks with Stephen Jackson, curator of the Aluminum Tree and Aesthetically-Challenged Seasonal Ornament Museum and Research Center in Brevard, N.C. On display are 37 vintage aluminum Christmas trees of all shapes and sizes.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's John McChesney about popular hand-held computers that are selling well this holiday season. Traditional products like Palm Pilots are giving way to Handspring models, as well as so-called pocket P-C's. Many of these small computers feature innovative functions like cell phone and digital camera capabilities.

Nasty generalizations from a series of 19th-century children's guides to the world form the basis of Todd Pruzan's book. He sees the work of Mrs. Mortimer as "a snapshot of Victorian prejudice."

P.J. Harvey's latest C.D.

The citizens of the District of Columbia have been taxed without representation since the 1800s. Host Lisa Simone talks with Eleanor Holmes-Norton, D.C. and constitution expert Jamie Raskin, of the American University.

President Bush announces his choice of federal judge John G. Roberts to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the U.S. Supreme Court. Roberts, 50, has served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit since 2003.

Peter Spring went to New Orleans to offer his skills as a piano tuner. He's helping repair instruments damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

NPR's Rick Karr reports that Napster, the controversial online music-sharing service, has upped its profile in D.C.: It's retained a prominent GOP lobbying firm, hired as its chief counsel a former staffer for GOP copyright stalwart Orrin Hatch, courted right-libertarian think tanks, and encouraged users to call their members of Congress. Can the electoral power of 70-million Napster-users be harnessed to trump the established lobbying clout of the (mostly-Democratic-leaning) recording industry?

A piece of road is on the road from Oklahoma to Washington D.C. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation has donated part of the original Route 66 -- which once stretched from Chicago to Los Angeles -- to the Smithsonian Institution. The chunk of highway -- which is still in excellent condition -- will appear in an exhibit at the National Museum of American History. Noah talks with Bill Withuhn, Curator of Transportation for the Smithsonian.

During the Second World War some 120-thousand Americans of Japanese ancestry were held in internment camps in various states. Yesterday, in Washington, D.C., the National Japanese American Memorial was dedicated to honor both groups. NPR's Alex Van Oss reports.