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The film Saved! is a high school comedy along the lines of Pretty in Pink and Clueless. But according to NPR's Bob Mondello, Saved! marches to the beat of a slightly different drummer, because it's set in a Christian high school.

Firefighters are on the front lines of the effort to regulate PFAS because they have been particularly exposed to these chemicals through their jobs and equipment.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports the Senate is expected to approve John Ashcroft for attorney general. Republicans are lining up behind him in support, and they're being joined by a small number of Democrats.

NPR's Tovia Smith profiles Andrew Card, who is expected to become White House chief of staff in a Bush administration. A longtime Bush family loyalist, Card is seen as a tough manager, but one who has the ability to reach across party lines.

NPR's Emily Harris reports that the government is trying to eliminate holiday shipping problems with on-line retailers. Last year many customers who bought items on the Internet had to wait for their purchases well past the holidays.

David D'Arcy reports from New York on the Guggenheim exhibit featuring the fashion designs of Giorgio Armani. More than 400 mannequins wearing Armani designed clothing line the wall of the museum. Armani just donated 15 million dollars to the Gugenheim.

Commentator David Levin says that if there's one clear winner of our current economy, a silver lining in this dark cloud of corporate gloom, it's the word "brand." Everything is branded -- and the hipness of a brand is a great distraction from the layoffs and quarterly earnings reports of the actual company.

Germany is slowly destroying 20,000 bunkers along World War II's Siegfried Line, declaring them a safety hazard -- not to mention a bitter vestige of the past.

NPR's Emily Harris reports on the fine line walked by former presidential appointees when they use their political contacts in post-administration jobs. Such influence-peddling is officially illegal, but most people agree that it happens all the time.

Sitting on the back of an alligator, researcher Daphne Soares noticed a beard of tiny bumps lining its jaws. Turns out, gators on the hunt use those bumps to detect their prey in the water. For All Things Considered, NPR's Christopher Joyce reports.