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Executive producer and actor Jeff Garlin and actress Susie Essman discuss the hit HBO comedy series. Garlin plays Larry David's affable best friend and agent. Essman plays Garlin's wife — with a no-nonsense attitude and a foul mouth. This interview originally aired on Sept. 6, 2007.

President George Bush defends his record on job-creation and managing the U.S. economy during a speech in Missouri Monday as the White House sends its annual economic report to Congress. Bush's economic report predicts the economy will grow at 4 percent in 2004, with 2.6 million new jobs created. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

Nearly 6,000 teenagers die each year in alcohol-related car accidents in the United States. A program aimed at high-school students forces participants to confront the consequences of drunk driving. Kathryn Baron of members station KQED reports from San Francisco.

Rock will host the 2005 Academy Awards, airing Sunday. The comedian spent time on the cast of Saturday Night Live and In Living Color, and his comedy TV specials include last year's Chris Rock: Never Scared and Chris Rock: Bigger and Blacker. This interview was originally broadcast on Feb. 6, 1997.

The Springfield Police Department is hoping someone might know the whereabouts of a Springfield man who's missing and believed to be endangered. Officials…

After decades of loving the historic Morning Edition theme music, NPR is rolling out a new version on May 6. A new suite of music that is "warm, fresh,...

An experiment with 6-year-olds found they worked harder doing a repetitive task when they pretended to be Batman or Dora the Explorer.

North Country Public Radio's Brian Mann reports on the decline of hunting. While some young men are learning to hunt from their fathers and grandfathers, many others -- particularly those who grow up in cities and suburbs -- aren't interested in the sport at all. (6:20)

Weekend Edition host Scott Simon talks with David Wise, author of Spy: The Inside Story of How the FBI's Robert Hanssen Betrayed America, about the nature of the U.S. intelligence community since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. (6:50)

A powerful storm dumps snow, sleet and freezing rain on the Middle Atlantic states and the Northeast. An estimated 1.6 million people are left without power. North Carolina is especially hard-hit. Scott Jagow of member station WFAE reports.