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Not long after chemotherapy for ovarian cancer, Mary Fran Lyons was walking through a mall, self-conscious about losing her hair. Then a stranger came up to her and gave her hope.

A pet reindeer in a pickup truck. The reindeer's name: Velvet Eyes.

Commentator Iain Guest saw the killing fields dug up in 1980, and returned to Cambodia in 1992 to work with the United Nations. He feels that Pol Pot's legacy has been thoroughly distorted.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Red Cashion, former NFL referee about the difficulties encountered in refereeing pro football and how changes in the system might affect the game on the field.

The escalator arrives in Cambodia, and it's catching on -- though some shoppers need a little help figuring out how to use it.

Jeff Lunden reports from New York that the previously unheard songs of a great Broadway lyricist are appearing in a new musical. A Class Act is the story of the life and songs of Ed Kleban, lyricist of A Chorus Line.

Commentator Marshall Wittmann, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C. says controversy over the Vietnam attack led by former senator Robert Kerrey does not tarnish the heroism that earned him a medal.

NPR's movie critic Bob Mondello reviews the new film by German-born director Dominick Moll, a comic thriller called With a Friend Like Harry.

Writer John McIlwraith has been told he has stomach cancer, he will have surgery tomorrow. To prepare for the surgery he decided to celebrate his digestive organ in a unique way.

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews the debut album by country singer Bradley Walker, Highway of Dreams.