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Earlier research found that people in a messy work area were less likely to choose healthy snacks. Now a study hints that a cluttered kitchen might make those who feel out of control eat more sweets.

The terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday could be an early harbinger of a new, more professional kind of terrorist attack leveled against the West.

Philip Glass and Christopher Hampton say the racial unrest in the U.S. since the work first premiered in 2007 forced them to address "changes in the way this country understands itself."

Two years after Hurricane Katrina emptied New Orleans, more than 90,000 evacuees live in Houston, permanently it seems. Life for all of them has been difficult, and their stories are a mix of sadness, loneliness and triumphant hope.

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People who measure risk and uncertainty ranked in the top spot of the survey by CareerCast.com. At the bottom of the list with reporters are flight attendants, roofers, mail carriers, meter readers, dish washers and lumber jacks.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with comedian Dave Chappelle about his investments in public media, the art of standup comedy and the town of Yellow Springs, Ohio.

Mask mandates are going away around the country, so shops and restaurants are developing their own policies based on personal choice and risk tolerance.

Commentator Frank Deford says there is nothing super about the Super Bowl anymore. The game should be called the "Mediocrity Bowl."

NPR's David Welna reports Senate business is stalled from the push and pull between Republicans who have the majority and Democrats who still control all Senate Committees.

Commentator Alison apRoberts says her belief in the shared sacrifice of the military draft doesn't make the recruitment brochures mailed to her teenage son any easier to stomach.

NPR's Guy Raz reports on the new German defense budget. The German defense minister has called for base closings and defense cuts.

Commentator Garrett Bucks finds the meaning behind this week's court ruling against Napster -- how the loss of this free music-trading service affects music as an art form.

Commentator Molly Ivins shows off her proficiency in "Bush Speak", a new dialect in Washington, D.C.

NPR's Larry Abramson reports that this week's ruling against online music-trader Napster has computer programmers brainstorming ways to provide the same service -- without the lawsuits.

A massive earthquake hit El Salvador Saturday. More than 400 people are dead. NPR's Gerry Hadden reports from El Salvador.

Host Bob Edwards talks live to NPR's Cokie Roberts about the Senate confirmation hearings this week on John Ashcroft, President-Elect Bush's nominee for Attorney General. The hearings are expected to be contentious.

Commentator Lenore Skenazy has a secret for greater happiness: banish full-length mirrors. This comes after an unpleasant realization that an old, ugly person seen across the department store turned out to be her, in a full length mirror.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says the incoming Bush Administration will take a new, less cordial approach to American dealings with Russia.

Commentator Robert Franklin, President of the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia, reflects on the role of black preachers in American life. They are at once poets and storytellers and the conscience of the country.

Commentator Judy Muller says she winces when she hears words such as 'efforting,' and she wonders how so many nouns are being turned into verbs.

NPR's Michael Sullivan reports from India on the continuing rescue efforts following Friday's earthquake. The quake had a magnitude of 7.9 and at least 15,000 people are reported dead.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Robert Mardini, the director-general of the International Committee of the Red Cross, about the situation in Gaza and Israel after the 11-day war in May.

A bright, blinking, tinsel-covered, delightfully tacky peek inside of NPR listeners' closets — check out some of our favorite photos of your favorite Christmas attire.

NPR's Linda Wertheimer walks the halls of power — and the local cafes — with crime novelist Mike Lawson, whose Joe DeMarco books serve up murder and mayhem in the nation's capital.