We asked our listeners to send us their road annoyances. Fred C. Lewis observes that those who rush ahead finish last.

One of the things that makes being multiracial unique is the question, "What are you?" That conversation can slip fast from race to nationality, and NPR's Melisa Goh says it's a question every American should answer.

We gave our listeners 250 words to tell us about their gripes with the road. George Finley, a soon-to-be dad living in Lakeland, Fla., expresses driving frustrations on his BlackBerry.

NPR's Ari Shapiro spent time in Eastern Long Island reporting on a story about hate crimes against Hispanics. While he was there, he discovered that the line distinguishing a perpetrator from a victim can be hazy.

Every 1,900 screenings for women in their 40s produces just one case in which cancer is discovered. But what if you're the one?

Bon Jovi is at the top of the album charts this week, riding an unprecedented publicity push. His record label struck a deal with the conglomerate NBC Universal for an exclusive presence on their many TV networks, including appearances on Today, Inside the Actors Studio and The Tonight Show.

Tell Me More host Michel Martin and Lee Hill, the program's "digital media guy," comb through listener feedback and offer important news updates to recent conversations heard on the program. This week, the audience shares personal stories in reaction to controversial new guidelines issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a component of the Department of Health and Human Services. The agency says suggests women can now wait an additional 10 years before getting an annual mammogram.

With trillions of dollars on the line along with the excellence of our health care and the energy of our economy Americans eyes must turn to Sen. Blanche Lincoln, who has the opportunity to stop the health care reform bill from going to the Senate floor for advancement.

The world needs the United States to play a constructive role in leading a climate change revolution. But despite powerful voices like those of Al Gore and 350.org founder Bill McKibben, our public discussion has been warped by coal and oil industry-funded "climate skeptics. What do we do?

With nearly nine in 10 city finance officers reporting a declining ability to meet local fiscal needs, city budget officers across America are projecting nearly a 3 percent average budget shortfall in 2009, and much deeper shortfalls in 2010 and 2011.

The Washington "power couple" is a familiar model: officials are often hitched to journalists, staffers to academics, lawmakers with lobbyists, etc. But in what is much less common, a husband-and-wife team is set to represent the United States as ambassadors in adjoining European countries.

Commentator Andrei Codrescu says bulbs have been dimming, and he's not talking about flower bulbs. It's more like time has been putting out lights. He says when you're 20, you think the future is so bright you're immortal and you need sunglasses. But when you're 60, he says, you're looking forward to retiring and getting to that martini beach in the neon light you can't see your wrinkles by.

The Postal Service has put strict limits on a volunteer program that answers letters to Santa, citing a scare over a registered sex offender. Bah, humbug! As a nation and a people, must we continue to burn down the haystack because we fear we might step on a needle?

Watch now! It's time for the 'Terrorist Lockup: Tough or Wuss' edition! Mark Fiore created this animation. The Wall Street Journal dubbed him "the undisputed guru of the form." He creates political animation from an undisclosed location somewhere in San Francisco.

Rather than just serve as a new messenger for a time-tested message, Palin could weave together social and economic strands by advancing family-friendly reforms. It might not be as satisfying as running for president, but it suits her strengths.