Thanks to everyone for their advice & suggestions!

A LOT of this stuff goes right over my head (digital ... trunking ..
etc.), but I'm reading and trying to learn. : )

I probably won't turn this into a huge hobby or anything - honestly, I
just want a New scanner that is desktop (is 'base' the right term?).
It will Not be something portable that I would take on trips with me.
I just want it, so I can listen to it at home, in the evenings for
fun. (I already have an Old handheld - Radio Shack 200 channels,
1.3GHz, Hyperscan Pro-26 with an antenna bought separately - RH77CA
Diamond).

I just want the new desktop scanner for home and to sit on an end
table/stand in the living room. I'd prefer it to have a screen that I
can program it to 'label' what frequency and name of what agency
(fire, p.d., city ...) it is picking up, example:

453.800 Detroit Police

Right now, the handheld scanner I do have (which I guess, I could take
it on trips if I decided I wanted to do that) JUST displays the #'s.
So, for the past several years, whenever I'd listen to the scanner,
and see the frequency # or channel - I would have to refer to a list
and compare it to the channel, to 'try' to figure out What I was
listening to. : )

I'm not having much luck find a place that sells desktop/base scanners
though! I looked at http://www.radioshack.com/ under:
Catalog Home -- Phones & Radio Communications -- Radio
Communications -- Scanners & Accessories

clicked on:
Metro (800MHz/Digital) Scanner

They only had Two - one was out of stock (Uniden® BC785D Digital
Scanner), the other (Pro-2052 1000-Channel Dual-Trunking DeskTop
Scanner) didn't look like I could add text/labels to the display
screen.

I tried:
http://www.uniden.com/store/
and it seemed as if their entire stock is "like new" condition. I
want something brand new, not used.

I've listened to my old handheld scanner for Many years, but this is
the First time I'm researching how/where/what to purchase and I'm just
trying to figure out What I need to buy. I'd be listening to mostly
Oakland County Michigan (and Macomb & Wayne County Michigan also).

Thanks again for all your replies!!

alli