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The Calhoun School in Manhattan hosts a dinner to aid Hurricane Katrina victims. The school's executive chef, Chef Bobo, talks about the menu — especially the red beans and rice.

The end of this year's election season is also the end for many political websites. At the start of the election process there were dozens of sites offering voters a place to exchange ideas and opinions. Providing quality content was expensive and advertising wasn't as strong as projected. Now many political websites are undergoing strategic makeovers to survive. NPR's Jackie Northam reports.

NPR's Snigdha Prakash reports the holiday shopping sales have been disappointing. But the season is not over yet; many people have been saving their holiday shopping until after Christmas. Almost every retail outlet is having a post Christmas sale, and with savings up to 75 percent it may be worth the wait.

European explorers spent centuries searching for a passage through the ice at the top of the world. The Northwest Passage, a shortcut to Asia Europe, proved elusive until about 100 years ago. These days, thanks to global warming and a receding ice cover, the voyage is far easier to complete.

How did steroids pervade pro baseball, and why were they ignored for a decade? Scott Simon talks with Howard Bryant, author of Juicing the Game: Drugs, Power and the Fight for the Soul of Major League Baseball.

As the remaining days of the holiday shopping season slip away, technology guru Rich Dean joins NPR's Liane Hansen on Weekend Edition Sunday to offer gadget gift ideas.

Critic Tom Shales reviews the movie opening today, The Replacements. The film, about a zany group of misfits who become professional football players during a strike season stars Gene Hackman and Keanu Reeves.

The U.S. Olympic Team dubbed Marion Jones "the world's fastest mom," but she could not escape the doping charges that have plagued her since she won five medals at the 2000 Olympics. Jones has pleaded guilty to charges connected to steroid use.

Gary Scott of member station WKMS in Murray, Kentucky reports that fall is the mating season for elk and that the mating call, known as bugling is an important part of the ritual. At Land Between the Lakes a recreation area in Western Kentucky, the bull elk create quite a racket as they bugle to attract female elk, or establish their own dominance and warn away potential competitors.

Noah talks with Jim Espy about his company that supplies Christmas decorations to offices, malls and other public spaces. This season, he sent a forty foot wreath to someone as well as 70-foot Christmas trees. Espy's company is called James Trogolo (tro-GO-lo) and is based in Christopher, Illinois. http://www.trogolo.com.