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NPR's Melissa Block talks with Mark Kohan, editor in chief of the Polish-American Journal, about the Polish holiday of Smigus Dyngus -- better known as Dyngus Day or Wet Monday. On this day in Polish tradition, boys soak girls with water on the day after Easter. The tradition lives on among Polish-Americans, especially in Buffalo, N.Y., where dozens of parties, complete with polka music and squirt guns, are scheduled today.

White House correspondent Don Gonyea reviews President Bush's day, which began at Camp David. Bush had been watching the NASA channel on television awaiting the return of the shuttle.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports on President-elect George W. Bush's day in Austin, Texas, a day that led off with the naming of Paul O'Neill as his choice for Treasury Secretary. O'Neill's close relationship with Fed chairman Alan Greenspan has been cited as a "plus" for the selection. Other Cabinet appointments are expected to follow. Bush also met with a group of ministers to talk about the need for healing after a very contentious election.

Satire from songwriter William De Fotis.

NPR's Barbara Bradley spent the day with Bob Dole, the Republican presidential nominee. Dole made a foray into Illinois, where he spoke at a picnic in suburban Chicago. Dole talked about the policy he would pursue to crackdown on the import of illegal drugs if he's elected president.

NPR's Brooke Gladstone talks with historian Stephen Ambrose about a mission that unfolded in the early hours of D-Day to seize a strategically important bridge. Ambrose is the author of a book about the mission, Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944 (Touchstone Books, 1988).

- Reporter David Culhane describes the sights and sounds of France's version of the Fourth of July.

As President George W. Bush, his family and his staff move into the White House today, the former administration moved out. Host Lisa Simeone chatted earlier this week with Clinton's Deputy Press Secretary Elliot Deringer as he packed up his desk on his last day in the West Wing.

Shirley Jahad reports on a somewhat irreverent group of veterans who spent the week in Washington.

With no remaining scenario for changing the razor-thin margin in Florida, Vice President Al Gore spent today preparing to end his long presidential campaign. Stymied by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that ended recounts he hoped would change the outcome in Florida, Gore and his advisors saw no further opportunity to gain a majority in the Electoral College -- now just five days away. So the moment to concede has come at last, five weeks after election day. NPR's Anthony Brooks reports.