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On the eve of the annual Grammy presentations, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences seeks to recover from the departure of a scandal-plagued president. And the music industry confronts a steep decline in CD sales. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and Eric Boehlert of Salon.com.

Noah talks with Jim Espy about his company that supplies Christmas decorations to offices, malls and other public spaces. This season, he sent a forty foot wreath to someone as well as 70-foot Christmas trees. Espy's company is called James Trogolo (tro-GO-lo) and is based in Christopher, Illinois. http://www.trogolo.com.

Kathy McAnally reports after his movie musical, Moulin Rouge, director Baz Luhrman is turning his attention back to the stage. His version of the Puccini opera "La Boheme" opens next week on Broadway in New York. It's already had success in San Francisco. See http://www.bohemeonbroadway.com/indexdsl.html.

Film Festivals abound in Park City, Utah this week, home of the Sundance Festival and its upstart rival Slamdance, as well as several others. Frank Stasio talks with Peter Baxter, Slamdance executive director and co-founder, about his alterna-festival's roots and commitment to independent film. (NOTE: for more info, please visit the Slamdance website: http://www.slamdance.com/2001/ (6:00).

The time of "irrational exuberance" on Wall Street is clearly over. Dot-coms have not fared well, but the more traditional blue chip stocks have also suffered. Two egregious examples are AT&T. and Xerox. Scott speaks with Fortune magazine's editor-at-large Joe Nocera about the tough times for these giants of industry.

NPR's Larry Abramson reports on the expansion of Internet addresses. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has chosen the new addresses, which will come after the "dot." The new names include: dot-biz; dot-name; dot-info; dot-museum; dot-coop; dot-aero; and dot-pro. Existing suffixes include dot-com, dot-org, and dot-net.

A federal judge approves a partial settlement between WorldCom and the SEC in which the company accepts allegations of fraud and agrees to close monitoring of its corporate governance and its accounting controls. The judge defers a decision on penalties. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports.

This year's North American International Auto Show in Detroit reveals a new creativity from the auto industry, and more multi-purpose vehicles. NPR's Bob Edwards talks to Paul Eisenstein, publisher of the Internet magazine TheCarConnection.com.

Music reviewer David Greenberger tells us about the new CD from Los Lobos, Good Morning Aztlan. He says the album displays the five band members at their best — working together, as they have for 30 years. (4:00) The CD is on Mammoth Records. See http://mammoth.go.com/loslobos/.

Oh, Inverted World is the latest album from the Albuquerque pop-quartet The Shins. The band has been recording on independent labels for years before this, their first widespread release. Nick Mirov has a review. (4:00) The Shins' Oh, Inverted World is on Sub-Pop Records 2001, SPCD 550. See www.subpop.com.