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Dr. Seuss' Grinch was a mean one. He hated Christmas so much that he decided to steal it --presents, the Whos' feast, tree and all. NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports on the grumpiest holiday character since Scrooge as part of the Present at the Creation series.

When Ebenezer Scrooge has a change of heart at the end of A Christmas Carol, he downs a mug of Smoking Bishop with Bob Cratchit. NPR's Neda Ulaby gets the family recipe for the fruit-and-wine libation from none other than Dickens' great-grandson Cedric Dickens.

Will Congress try again to ban human cloning? The debate is sure to escalate after Friday's claim that a newborn girl is the first human clone -- and more are on the way. There's no proof of the claim yet. And opponents and supporters of cloning are still battling over terminology. NPR's Julie Rovner reports.

After months of debate, President Bush today announced the first part of his plan to protect Americans against a smallpox attack.

Cardinal Bernard Law's resignation as head of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston will not help the church stave off the many lawsuits filed by people who say they were abused by priests Law supervised. A criminal probe of a possible coverup of abuse also looms. NPR's Barbara Bradley-Hagerty reports.

Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) reiterates and expands his apology for comments about the nation's racially segregated past. He rejects the idea that he should resign as Senate Majority Leader. Hear NPR's Debbie Elliott, E.J. Dionne of the Brookings Institution and Bill Kristol of The Weekly Standard.

The Senate's No. 2 Republican leader calls for a new election for majority leader. Oklahoma Sen. Don Nickles' recommendation comes just two days after Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) publicly apologizes for comments he made praising Sen. Strom Thurmond's (R-SC) 1948 presidential bid as a segregationist. Hear NPR's David Welna.

Latino students make up the largest minority group of America's school-age population -- and there's broad consensus that public schools are not doing a good job of meeting their needs. In the fourth report of the five-part series Educating Latinos, NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports on the particular challenges facing young Latina students. Browse online resources for the series, and learn more about past and future installments.

Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) seeks to hang on to his post as Republican leader in a Senate newly controlled by the GOP. A torrent of criticism has greeted recent remarks by Lott that appeared to endorse America's segregated past. He apologized again Friday, but resisted calls to resign his leadership post. NPR's David Welna reports.

A Kansas family barely noticed the spiders sharing their home, until their daughter discovered they were living with the infamous brown recluse. A nightly six-month hunt turned up some 2,000 recluses in their house. Yet no one in the family was ever bitten. Researchers say the shy spider has been wronged by its fearsome reputation.