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Found in many personal care products, "fragrance" can include hundreds of chemicals and it's hard to say whether those ingredients are safe, say experts. Here's how to choose healthier alternatives.

Fifty albums for a heavier-than-average year, selected by NPR Music's staff and member station partners. These are the albums we held close in 2014 and the ones we want to share.

Despite enforcement efforts to stop teen vaping, kids are getting their hands on a new array of disposable products that come in sweet and fruity flavors.

The production of opium in Myanmar has flourished since the military's seizure of power as the faltering economy has led more people toward the drug trade, according to a new United Nations report.

The number of film and TV productions reaching out to the North Carolina Film Office is down 25% compared with this same time last year, as the writers' strike enters its fifth week.

2: TV Producer, STEPHEN J. CANNELL. During the 1970's STEPHEN J. CANNELL was one of television's most successful writers, penning scripts for such hits as "The Rockford Files," "Barretta," and "Black Sheep Squadron." Cannell later established his own production company, Stephen J. Cannell Productions. His productions include such programs as "The A-Team", "Stingray", and "Hardcastle and McCormick." CANNELL has a new novel called "The Plan" (Morrow).

Our Ask Me Another linguistic team figured out how to sound like a pirate: simply put a "Y" in front of words that starts with "A-R." Yarr! How many buccaneer words can you guess?

Way less A-W-K-W-A-R-D than your average middle school spelling bee. In this quiz, contestants need to identify a fashion label and then correctly spell the brand name.

R Community Bikes repairs and gives away bikes to people in need.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with freshman ongresswoman Enid Waldholtz (R.-UT). Waldholtz is the first G.O.P. epresentative on the House Rules Committee in 80 years. They discuss her erspective on the first one-hundred days of the Republican agenda for Congress nd how her pregnancy will affect her own congressional agenda.

WEEKEND EDITION'S WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR TAKES A LOOK AT VIOLENCE IN AMERICAN SOCIETY, PAST AND PRESENT, WITH AND LLOYD CUTLER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE 1969 NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE CAUSES PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE, AND REPRESENTATIVE BILL McCOLLUM (R-FL), CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE ON CRIME, WHICH HELD THIS WEEKS HEARING ON TERRORISM.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with Fred Barnes, executive editor f the Weekly Standard, and David Corn, Washington editor for The Nation. Topics nclude the First Lady's testimony before the Grand Jury; President Clinton's tate of the Union address and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole's (R-Kan.) esponse to it; and Super Bowl picks.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in the news this ast week, including U-S Attoney General Janet Reno, Rep. Jim Leach (R-Iowa), ep. Barney Frank (D-Mass), President Bill Clinton, the late Mickey Mantle, and usic from the late singer/songwriter Jerry Garcia, founder of band the Grateful ead.

After the plane crash that killed Ron Brown, a couple of usiness executives originally scheduled to fly with the Commerce Secretary held press conference and expressed their feelings about their twist of fate. N-P-R enior News Analyst Daniel Schorr has his own story to tell about a near miss ith destiny.

Linda talks with Janice Harris -- a suburban mom, a P.R. consultant, and a "swing voter" -- about President Clinton's appearance last night at the Democratic Convention in Los Angeles. Yesterday, we heard Linda's conversation with Janice Harris and several of her friends about their expectations for the Democratic convention and what they wanted to her from the podium.

The people of the Mexican state of Chiapas will vote for their new governor today. The election is a closely-watched affair in Mexico, especially for members of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, also known as the PRI. After holding the office of the President for 71 years, the PRI lost that seat last month, and now they find themselves desperately in need of a win in Chiapas. N-P-R's Gerry Hadden reports.

Jill Scott is at the forefront of a small revolution taking place in the world of R & B music. Tom Moon has a review of her first CD, Who is Jill Scott? (4:30) The label is Sony/Epic, ASIN: B00004UARR The Website is http://www.whoisjillscott.com/.

Daniel reports on the death of Ronnie White, one of the original members of thee R&B group Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. White died today in Detroit at the age of 57. A longtime friend of Robinson's, White co-wrote the popular songs "My Guy" and "My Girl." "My Guy" became Motown's first number one hit.

SCOTT SPEAKS WITH REP. FRANK WOLF (R-VA) ABOUT HIS EFORTS TO MAKE THE 104TH CONGRESS A MORE "FAMILY-FRIENDLY" PLACE. THIS WEEK, REP. WOLF SHOWED THE FILM "WHERE'S DAD" ON CAPITOL HILL IN ORDER TO MAKE THE POINT THAT LAWMAKERS SHOULD SPEND TIME WITH THEIR OWN FAMILIES JUST AS THEY MAKE LAWS THAT EFFECT OUR NATION'S FAMILIES.

Listen to the curiously danceable new single from the Chicano R&B star.