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Presidential polls are starting to shift to show the race between President Obama and GOP rival Mitt Romney tightening even further, and in some cases, Romney is ahead for the first time. Steve Inskeep talks to David Axelrod, Obama's senior campaign adviser, about the shifts in the race, and the president's strategy with less than a month to go before the election.

With a season of holiday gatherings and dinner parties looming just ahead, commentator Ede Baldridge remembers one particularly special meal she shared…

He is the creator, executive producer and head writer of the HBO series Deadwood, a Western drama set in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Deadwood began its second season this week.

The Super Bowl is upon us! From the commercials, to counting how many times Peyton Manning yells "Omaha," the Barbershop guys share what they're looking forward to the most.

An outbreak of citrus canker is making the Florida citrus industry's recovery even more difficult after the punches landed by this season's hurricanes. There is no known cure for the disease that debilitates citrus trees. The only way to fight it is to destroy infected groves, which ends fruit production for seven years.

The Chinese hairy crabs at one lake near Shanghai are in huge demand. Counterfeiters have taken advantage of this, finding multiple ways to claim their crabs are from the lake.

Going holiday shopping is stressful enough with the crowds and last-minute gift lists. But then somebody's kid starts screaming... Host Michel Martin talks tantrums with parents Caitlin Coakley Beckner, Yvette Young-DeCosta and Gayle Trotter.

Currently, the Kansas City Royals are the worst team in Major League Baseball, with just 11 wins and 37 losses so far this season. If the trend continues, they could lose more games than the 2003 Detroit Tigers (43-119) or the infamous 1962 New York Mets, which holds the record for most losses in a season (40-120). What's wrong with the Royals? Robert Siegel talks with Alan Schwarz, senior writer for Baseball America.

There's a stark difference between how the national press covered the events of 1963 in Birmingham and how Birmingham's papers covered their own city. Audie Cornish talks with Alabama journalist Hank Klibanoff, co-author of The Race Beat, about the disparity.

Television critic David Bianculli reviews the final episode of NYPD Blue and previews Deadwood the HBO Western which begins a second season this weekend. Both shows were created by David Milch.