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Jan. 19 is National Popcorn Day. Host Liane Hansen pops some corny questions to Deirdre Flynn, the marketing director for the Popcorn Board.

Robert and Linda discuss this year's Presidential election and this final day of campaigning before voters go to the polls to choose a new President.

On a day in February, Jason Reinier put a call out to sound recordists. He asked them to record the sounds in their neighborhoods, and to send those sounds to him . He took those sounds and put them together as an audio snapshot of February 17th 1996. We play them for you today on the first international noise awareness day. (8:00) (IN S

NPR's Melissa Block reports on the opening day of the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, California. President Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton will address the convention tonight on a huge custom-made stage inside the Staples Center.

In light of Secretary of State Colin Powell's presentation to the U.N. Security Council today, NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says the next 10 days will be a pivotal time for the country and the world.

The AFL-CIO has designated April 28 as Workers' Memorial Day to remember American worker fatalities on the job. Host Lisa Simeone speaks with Ron Hayes, the founder of FIGHT: Families in Grief Hold Together.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on the first day of 107th Senate. Democrats will be in the majority for two weeks, then republicans will take control. Questions remain over whether the two parties can work together.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports on President Bush's first day at work in the White House. The president yesterday met with congressional leaders and issued a ban on federal funding for international family planning clinics that support abortion.

NPR's Vicki O'Hara reports on the day's events at the United Nations where the U.S. and Britain seek support in the Security Council for a resolution setting a deadline for Iraq disarmament.

NPR's Scott Simon checks in with A.J. Jacobs, who has finished reading the entire Encyclopaedia Britannica, for some facts or guesses about Mother's Day.