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President Bush is preparing to address the nation in the final State of the Union address of his presidency. White House Counselor Ed Gillespie explains what to expect — and what not to expect — from the speech. Gillespie also provides an update on the bipartisan economic stimulus package currenltly working its way through Congress.

Coming off of a fabulous weekend of performances featuring Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and a world premiere by Aaron Jay Kernis, you'd think ProMusica Chamber…

Officials say D-N-A evidence used to connect a suspect to a series of rapes sat untested for more than two years because authorities didn't have money to…

A recent ruling halts federal funding of stem cell research. Diabetes Research Institute scientific director Dr. Camillo Ricordi, M.D. and Sanford-Burnham…

The symphony we know as No. 35 in D by Mozart from 1782 and called the Haffner Symphony, was actually his second major composition written for the…

[video dead] Last time, I wrote about Vincent d'Indy and his Symphony on a French Mountain Air (Sept. 22), mentioning that another "one work composer" was…

Students at the world's only university for the deaf, Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., are unhappy that Jane Fernandes was chosen as the school's new president. What lies behind the demonstrations?

I. Lewis Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's former top aide, pleads not guilty to charges against him in a case probing who revealed the identity of a covert CIA agent. He was arraigned in federal court in Washington, D.C., on charges of obstructing justice, perjury and making false statements.

Protesters demonstrating against President Bush's policies on the event of his second inauguration speech are confined to a small area along the parade route, and the central Washington, D.C., area is all but closed down amid very tight security. Hear NPR's Alex Chadwick and NPR's Larry Abramson.

Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert declares victory for his centrist Kadima party in Israel's parliamentary elections. Kadima won 28 seats in the 120-member parliament. Olmert says he'd prefer a peace deal with Palestinians, but is ready to act unilaterally to define Israel's final borders.