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Nominated for an Oscar and debuting on HBO this week, All That Breathes explores the mission of two Muslim brothers: saving raptors cut down by smog and deadly kite strings.

Also: Radio Open Source finds an old interview with David Foster Wallace in the WBUR archives; elevator criticism.

The etymology of mistletoe — a plant with small, oval evergreen leaves and waxy white berries — may strike some as repugnant.

The 631 lots include mid-century modern furniture, an assortment of office supplies, high-end kitchen appliances and company memorabilia. The de facto fire sale lasted for 27 hours.

For 25 years, the Earth Conservation Corps has been cleaning up the capital's polluted Anacostia River. Volunteers have turned their lives around and now work to help others do the same.

We asked our readers to make a wish for 2025. If even one of these wishes comes true, the world will definitely be a better place!

In the years following World War II, tape-recording clubs gathered significant popularity in the UK. Clubs met to share tapes of everything from bird calls to the sounds of local events. Today, though, only a few such clubs still survive.

In 1969, a team of researchers took a patch of forest in central New Hampshire and mapped the territories of the songbirds inhabiting it. For more than half a century, that work has continued, revealing insights about the forest and its birds with evermore modern techniques.

- NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports on hearings held on Capitol Hill this past week looking into the rising cost of college tuition. With costs rising, and enrollment declining on many campuses, parents are being asked to pay more and more for their children's education.

Linda talks with NPR's John Ydstie about new figures showing that the federal budget deficit will come in at $107 billion dollars for fiscal 1996. That's the lowest budget deficit in fifteen years...and the fourth consecutive year of decline.

Commentator Mickey Edwards looks at three years of education reform in Massachusetts. He notes that tests show student achievement declining since 1993... and concludes that pouring money into schools without making concrete changes in the curriculum is a prescription for failure.

The 10-year ban on assault weapons expired in September, after Congress declined to renew the legislation. Now, certain rifles that were illegal to manufacture in the United States can again be made. NPR's Wade Goodwyn goes shopping for a gun.

President Bush will meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari at the White House on Friday. The meeting comes amid declining support in U.S. polls for the war and growing calls in Congress for a timeline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops.

Medicaid expenses are climbing at double-digit rates even as state tax revenues decline in an underperforming economy. It adds up to the fact that state officials are facing some very difficult decisions in the new year. NPR's Julie Rovner reports.

Imagine staying in business for 127 years. That's what Cross Western Wear has managed in Ogden, Utah. But the decline of ranching and changing taste in clothes are forcing the descendants of C.W. Cross to close the store he opened in 1878.

For more than seven years, All Things Considered has followed the story of one Alzheimer's patient, Tom DeBaggio. And it's apparent in a recent visit with Tom and his wife, Joyce, how sharply his health has declined.

The number of American children and teenagers in juvenile detention has sharply declined over the last few decades, but as overall numbers decrease, data shows Black and Native American youth are far more likely to be incarcerated than white children.

Most recent data shows the law enforcement arm of U.S. Postal Service opened 19 cases related to suspicious items or substances. That's decline from four years earlier when they probed more than 200.

Thomas Ricks' new book, The Generals, is about what he sees as a decline of American military leadership and accountability. He says that in World War II, generals were held accountable for their lack of success — but that started to change with the Korean War.

President Bush is expected to deliver two more speeches on Iraq before his holiday break. The White House is keenly aware that declining support for the war has undercut backing for the president in general -- prompting an aggressive campaign to sell the war.