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Genocide, abortion and child abuse are not the most uplifting themes for the holiday season, but those subjects are exactly what Hollywood is delivering to theaters this year. NPR's Bob Mondello has a look at the dark side of filmdom's seasonal blitz.

A new cookbook from food writer Marlena Spieler gives a makeover to the ultimate comfort food. With combinations like mozzarella, fig jam and prosciutto, and sage sausage with jack, Grilled Cheese: 50 Recipes to Make You Melt makes the classic sandwich even better. NPR's Jennifer Ludden joins Spieler in the kitchen.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks former White House adviser David Gergen, who expects that Condoleezza Rice will very clearly represent the president's thinking if she is confirmed as secretary of state.

The pride and patriotism usually associated with Russia's most important holiday is mixed with apprehension and unease over what this year's Victory Day may bring.

A report outlining proposed reforms of the United Nations, including an expansion of the group's Security Council, is formally presented to Secretary-General Kofi Annan. NPR's Melissa Block talks about the report with Nancy Soderberg, a former alternate representative to the U.N.

British comic Dave Gorman created the one-man show Dave Gorman's Googlewhack! Adventure. He tells NPR's Scott Simon the "adventure" began with the magic of a one-hit result on the Web search engine Google.

Boeing's former chief financial officer pleads guilty in the growing scandal over the firm's defense contracts with the federal government. A top Air Force officer has also pled guilty in the investigation into favoritism in military acquisitions. NPR's David Schaper reports.

In a court hearing the Bush administration defends its method for deciding who is an enemy combatant and should be imprisoned indefinitely at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. NPR's Jackie Northam reports.

Ukraine's outgoing president, Leonid Kuchma, supports a restaging of the entire presidential election. But the opposition rejects this proposal, saying a new election would be too time-consuming. NPR's Lawrence Sheets reports.

Each fall, the Ojibwe tribes of northern Minnesota harvest wild rice by hand. It's a long process that brings families in canoes into the tall grasses. We journey to the rice lakes of White Earth Reservation to investigate how one tribe is using its traditions to support its people.