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Born and raised outside Chicago, Wax moved to England during her 20s, and found success as a performer, writer and TV personality. Wax scripted the British TV comedy Absolutely Fabulous and has had many other hit TV series on the BBC. Her new memoir is called How Do You Want Me?

Car sales dropped sharply in October, even with automakers offering zero-percent financing on loans. With so much capacity and inventory, manufacturers fear a glut of new cars may be building. NPR's Jack Speer reports.

The Bush administration prepares to make a change in the way it helps the sick and impoverished around the world. The new Millennium Challenge Account fund would double U.S. aid for development over the next three years, but critics fear some nations will be left out. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

Host Bob Edwards looks into the derivation of the term "lame duck." The term applies to a session of Congress that occurs after the election in November but before the new session begins in January.

The European Union science committee will recommend ways to stem over-fishing of cod in the North Sea. Marine experts warn the species faces extinction without prompt action. Norway's solution? Cod farms. NPR's Bob Edwards speaks with the BBC's Lars Bevanger.

Bob Edwards looks at what Veterans Day means to some Americans.

Tornadoes kill more than 30 people in several states, including Alabama, Tennessee and Ohio, authorities say. At least 10 people are dead in Alabama and 15 in Tennessee. Thousands are without power. Steve Chiotakis with member station WBHM reports.

A new study in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition calls into question the U.S. government's official dietary rules and suggests the well-known food pyramid is obsolete. Hear NPR's Richard Knox and Marion Nestle of New York University.

Results of post-election polls confirm that President Bush's aggressive campaigning for GOP candidates did much to help Republicans regain control of the Senate and improve their advantage in the House. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews Joe & Zoot & More (Chiaroscuro), the reissue of the 1973 recording of violinist Joe Venuti and saxophonist Zoot Sims.