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R2-D2-berculosis? In this game, we've mashed up the names of fictional comic, sci-fi and fantasy characters with medical diseases or conditions. Welcome to the hypochondriac's Comic Con.

The modern-day jazz singer gives KCRW a taste of his new R&B-oriented album, Love In A Time Of Madness.

Fresh Air book critic Maureen Corrigan lists her favorite books of 2005, including novels by Mary Gaitskill and Kazuo Ishiguro, and memoirs by Joan Didion and J.R. Moehringer.

-N-P-R's David Welna reports on the "health tourism" industry that draws foreign patients to Cuba for specialized and often expensive medical treatments not available outside Cuba. David speaks with doctors in the United States and Cuba about the treatments and the controversy surrounding them.

P-R's Eric Weiner (WINE-er) reports from ersualem where thousands of Christian pilgrims have gathered to commemorate hrist's crucifixion and ressurection. He also looks at the continuing debate bout where exactly in Jerusalem the crucifixion took place.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's news, including Bill Cosby, President Bill Clinton, White House Special Counsel Lanny Davis, Senator Fred Thompson (R-TN) and Don Beebe of the Green Bay Packers.

Linda and Robert read from listeners' comments. To contact All Things Considered, write to All Things Considered Letters, 635 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington D-C 20001. To contact us via the Internet, the address is A-T-C at N-P-R dot ORG. (ATC@NPR.ORG) (3:15) ((ST

Noah and Linda read from listeners' comments. To contact All Things Considered, write to All Things Considered Letters, 635 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington D-C 20001. To reach us via the Internet, the address is A-T-C at N-P-R dot ORG. (ATC@NPR.ORG)

Robert and Ray read from listners' comments. To contact All Things Cosidered, write to All Things Considered Letters, 635 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, D.C. 20001. To contact us via the internet, the address is A-T-C at N-P-R dot ORG. (ATC@NPR.ORG)

Linda and Robert read from listeners' comments. To contact All Things Considered, write to All Things Considered Letters, 635 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington DC, 20001. To reach us via the Internet, the address is A-T-C at N-P-R dot ORG. (ATC@NPR.ORG) (3:00) ((ST

Children's horror author R.L. Stine is wildly popular with schoolchildren...and a popular target of parents, who want his books off the shelves of elementary school libraries. John Biewen of Minnesota Public Radio reports on a debate that illustrates what some see as a gray zone between selection...and censorship.

Linda and Deborah read from listeners' comments. To contact All Things Considered, the address is All Things Considered Letters, 635 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington D-C, 20001. To contact us via the Internet, the address is A-T-C at N-P-R dot ORG. (ATC@NPR.ORG) (3:00) ((ST

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's news, including audio from the National Weather Service hotline in North Dakota; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga); and President Bill Clinton.

Noah reads letters from listeners. To contact All Things Considered, write to All Things Considered Letters, 635 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington D-C 20001. To reach us via the Internet, the address is A-T-C at N-P-R dot ORG.

- Host Brooke Gladstone speaks with N-P-R's Andy Bowers about the latest plan for peace in the separatist Russian republic of Chechnya. Earlier, Russian security chief Alexander Lebed announced that the war between Russia and Chechnya was over. This was after he bartered an agreement with Chechen officials not to seek independence for five years.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Washington Post reporter T.R. Reid about why the world loves caffeine. His article and a photo essay on the subject appear in this month's National Geographic Magazine.

NPR's Tavis Smiley speaks with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) about the approaching elections, the composition of the U.S. House and Senate and recent ethics violations brought against House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX).

Commentator T.R. Reid discusses his Election Day ritual -- the reading of John Greenleaf Whittier's poem "The Poor Voter on Election Day."

Enjoy a 750-song playlist full of rock and roll, a bit of jazz, R&B and soul — and even some of our favorite one-hit wonders.

R&B singer Bobby Brown tells Ed Gordon about the price of fame, his relationship with wife Whitney Houston, and his new reality show, Being Bobby Brown.