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Colorado counties with high vaccination rates have much lower infection rates among children than those with low rates. Infection rates in schools which require masks are lower than ones that don't.

Reviewer Alan Cheuse offers his annual recommendations for holiday gift-giving. This year's list includes novels of travel on Earth and in space, new versions of tales from the Bible, Africa and Mesopotamia, and collections of poetry and song.

Slate contributor Mark Jordan Legan offers a roundup of what movie critics are saying about this weekend's releases: Firewall, Curious George and The Pink Panther.

Lebanon's two main rival political blocs have been unable to overcome their difference to elect a new president. The political gridlock has gone on for the last year, and the situation has gotten worse in recent months.

The tale of a secret arms factory, now the site of upscale condos, is a virtuoso look at Jia Zhangke's rapidly modernizing homeland, capturing huge changes both economical and psychological. (Recommended)

Melissa Block and Robert Siegel read from listeners' comments on stories about the IBM Model M keyboard and the World Team Handball Championships.

As consumers cut back their spending in the worsening economy, the effects are being felt even in the wastepaper recycling and exporting industry. Decreased demand for products means a drop in the need for packaging — and the recycled materials that it's made from.

Dreidel spinners like Debbie Does Dreidel and Jewbacca take on defending champion Pamskee in the Major League Dreidel Championship in New York City. The target? To beat 17.8 seconds.

The Wrestler is predictable, corny and heavy-handed, says critic David Edelstein, but with Mickey Rourke acting his heart out, the sheer adrenaline-pumping violence of the film gets into your bloodstream.

Listeners respond to the story on CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta becoming the next U.S. surgeon general. They also wrote in pointing out an error in the piece on Bard College at Simon's Rock and responded to the interview with Christopher Stevens, author of Thirty Days Has September: Cool Ways to Remember Stuff.