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President-elect Barack Obama is appointing his transition team and beginning to form his cabinet. We look at who Obama is meeting with and where he's traveling to over the next several days.

If women want to marry a rich man, is that a form of prostitution? That may lead to a further question: why not just take up work in prostitution? A recent survey of prostitutes and police showed that the field has much to recommend it, and one main negative: violence.

Ten is an arbitrary number, so NPR's entertainment critic Bob Mondello offers his top 24 movies of 2002. Mondello says 2002 was a record year for box office sales and a better year than 2001 for movie quality. His list ranges from blockbuster adventure to documentary.

A Russian named Grigory Perelman, is credited with helping solve a famous 100-year-old math problem. Both the problem and the man who solved it are a bit of a puzzle.

Rocky top refers to a TN place that's tough to plant...yet fertile for great storytelling.

A federal jury has found that New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas sexually harassed Anucha Browne Sanders, a former top executive of the Knicks, by subjecting her to unwanted advances and insults. Madison Square Garden and its chairman are ordered to pay $11.6 million in damages.

Only a few months ago, P.J. Brown was cooling out in Louisiana, thinking about life after the NBA. At 38 years old, Brown is one of the oldest players in the league, yet finds himself in the NBA finals — one game away from winning a championship.

Some people think competition is an art. Others believe it's a skill. A new book suggests it might be neither — and that there is a science behind winning. Host Michel Martin speaks with authors Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman about Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing.

Discover the untold story of Paris’ most famous landmark and the race to top 1,000 feet.

The rapper's eighth album scored his best-selling debut week ever, but the raw numbers don't tell the whole story of its success. Meanwhile, Shaboozey returns to the top of the songs chart.