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Finding the magic of Christmas may be as simple as standing still.By Catherine McCallWilmington NC – [Click the LISTEN button to hear Catherine's…

Despite the long odds against scraping the new health law anytime soon, the head of a branch of the conservative think tank says the prospects of success are good, even if it takes another four years and a new Congress.

Commentator Charles Boney offers inspiration from twelth-century France as a prelude to the holiday season.By Charles Boney…

NPR's Michele Norris talks with former Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean launches a new political organization called Democracy for America. Dean has thrown his support to Democratic frontrunner John Kerry, though he has not yet officially offered his endorsement. Looking back on the early primary season, Dean says his campaign started to stall in the days before the Iowa Caucuses.

To prepare us for the long election season ahead, librarian Nancy Pearl has compiled a list of reading material for people who are interested in politics, but disgusted with today's political rhetoric. She discusses her suggestions with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

Three baseball books are discussed: A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez by Selena Roberts, American Icon: The Fall of Roger Clemens and the Rise of Steroids in America's Pastime by the staff of the New York Daily News, and The Yankee Years by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci.

Sunday marks the last episode of the HBO show Six Feet Under. In five seasons, the series introduced viewers to the Fisher clan and their funeral business. The show's creator, Alan Ball, speaks with Susan Stamberg.

With five months to go in the election season, a barrage of presidential campaign ads has begun -- on the World Wide Web. Political ad content isn't restricted by law when it's delivered online, and the assaults are markedly vicious.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 2012's outbreak of West Nile virus is on track to be the worst in U.S. history. The mayor of Dallas recently authorized an aerial spraying program to kill the mosquitoes that carry the virus, which provoked protest from area residents.

President Obama announced Wednesday a plan to open vast expanses of water along the Atlantic coastline, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the north coast of Alaska to oil and natural gas drilling. The move reverses a ban on drilling off most U.S. shores.