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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.

As we approach Thanksgiving, Weekend Edition Commentator Mary Swander recalls trying to raise turkeys on her farm in Iowa. The big birds tried her patience.

Minnesota commentator Kevin Kling welcomes signs of spring. Today the Minnesota Twins play baseball withtthe Detroit Tigers. It makes Kling proud to be in a state of famous for coming in 2nd.

The tragedy Sunday at the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek continues to unfold.WUWM's Susan Bence joins Bob Bach in the studio.She was on the scene Sunday…

The country paused today to remember those who gave their lives in the protection of its freedoms. President Clinton laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns, at Arlington National Cemetery, before making remarks to those gathered there in a light rain. We'll hear excerpts from the President's address.

Both the major party presidential candidates woke up this morning in states they had not expected to worry about this late in their campaigns. Texas Governor George W. Bush was in Florida, where his brother Jeb is governor, and Vice President Al Gore was in his own home state of Tennessee. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

In their day, acts like Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy would keep audiences young and old as transfixed as the biggest stars on television today. It's hard to imagine that ventriloquists and their wooden sidekicks would be such big hits -- on radio. NPR's Bob Edwards talks to the author of a new book about the bygone era of ventriloquism.

President Elect George W. Bush had a lunch meeting in Austin today with Democratic Senator John Breaux of Louisiana to talk about ways of bridging the gap between the parties back in Washington. One way to do it might be to appoint Democrats to the president's Cabinet, of course, and Breaux himself has been mentioned as a candidate for the Energy Department. NPR's Don Gonyea reports from the Texas capital.