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Jordan Walton, 15, suffered from depression and suicidal thoughts until she started taking Prozac. She and her mother urge the FDA to think twice before imposing restrictions on the use of antidepressants in children and teens. NPR's Joanne Silberner reports.

Rep. Tom DeLay is the House Majority Leader and in many minds the most influential Republican in the Congress. He has made his reputation as a strong advocate for his ideas and a matchless fundraiser for candidates and causes. At one time he had planned to make this convention in New York City -- the richest source of political money -- the apogee of his fundraising career. But problems arose, and the man once called "The Hammer," shifted strategies. NPR's Peter Overby reports.

The Texas school systems have been in state court because they feel that the way Texas finances its schools violates the state constitution. To meet state testing standards and educate more and more children of immigrants, Texas school districts have had to raise property taxes to make ends meet. They argue this violates the state constitution and that the state should pay more of the costs of education. Michael May of member station KUT in Austin reports.

Congress extends for another five years President Bush's tax cuts reducing the so-called marriage penalty and boosting credits to those with children. Despite concerns over a budget deficit, few lawmakers opposed cutting taxes a few weeks before November elections. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports.

W.C. Fields called Bert Williams "the funniest man I ever saw, and the saddest I ever knew." Williams was an African-American vaudeville star in the early 1900s, and an influence on many future comedians. A small record company has released a collection of Bert Williams recordings. Elizabeth Yates McNamee reports.

Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh was among the first to publish details of the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib in Iraq. In a new book, Chain of Command, Hersh alleges that the Bush administration knew in the fall of 2002 about abuse at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

More than 1,000 U.S. service men and women have died in Iraq since the United States and its allies invaded last year. More than 7,000 soldiers have been wounded in action. Attacks on U.S. and allied forces in August averaged nearly 70 a day. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports.

Joanna Slaybaugh is trading her career at a headhunting firm for dreams of writing and a part-time job. NPR's Ketzel Levine reports in the first of a series on new challenges and goals in the workplace.

Sure it's seasonal work, but the pay can be pretty good for a mall Santa, especially if the beard is real. Some of the men who play the role for children at stores even take their month-long job so seriously that they give it year-round attention. NPR's Scott Horsley reports.

With home environments and family situations often contributing to their problems, poor children get sick far more often than better-off kids. Doctors at one hospital in Boston are teaming up with unlikely allies to help their patients. NPR's Daniel Zwerdling reports.