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Scott speaks with Weekend Edition's sports commentator Ron Rapoport about the NBA All-Star game, which marks the halfway point of the basketball season.

The new play Ying Tong: A Walk with the Goons chronicles the mental struggles of Spike Milligan, the comic genius behind The Goon Show, a 1950s BBC radio comedy. He suffered a nervous breakdown during the run of the groundbreaking show.

The landmark New Orleans eatery turns 100 this year. Locals and celebrities, U.S. presidents among them, have queued up for a table over the years at a bistro celebrated in a biography by two regulars.

This summer, Day to Day reporter Karen Grigsby Bates returned to her roots for the 100th-anniversary gathering of her extended clan in North Carolina. The family traces their roots to a single woman from Guinea.

What do you get when you combine a champion pitcher with a five-time World Series slugger? Bob Gibson and Reggie Jackson duke it out in their new book Sixty Feet, Six Inches.

Critic Bob Mondello says Brad Bird's animated kitchen comedy, about a Paris rat who longs to be a haute-cuisine chef, "isn't just amusing, it's downright mouth-watering" — even as it's "engagingly down-to-earth" and temptingly funny about everything from critics to romantic mishaps.

Called the "godfather of hip-hop," Russell Simmons has been credited with bringing rap to the mainstream. In the early 1980s, he helped found Def Jam Records, launching pad of legendary hip-hop acts like Run-D.M.C., the Beastie Boys and LL Cool J. (This interview originally aired Nov. 27, 2001.)

Commentator Russell Roberts says this holiday season poor retail sales may not be as bad for the country as many believe it will be. He says less time spent shopping in a mall means more time spent doing meaningful things with family and friends.

Many salvation army kettles are standing alone and silent in Chicago this season. Their ringers are mission in action. Chicago Public Radio's Jason deRose investigates the reasons in an audio postcard.

Voters are participating Tuesday in primary elections in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia — they're being called the "Potomac Primaries." Better-than-average turnout is expected in Virginia and Maryland, with waits of up to 45 minutes in some areas.