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Europe's concerns about foot-and-mouth disease, like its concerns about mad cow disease, are not shared in South America, which has some of the largest cattle herds in the world. The free-range herds do not eat imported animal products. So they are not likely to catch mad cow disease. Foot-and-mouth disease is prevalent in parts of South America but it is controlled by vaccination programs. Brazil cannot export its beef to regions free of foot-and-mouth, but people in Brazil enjoy their steak dinners more than ever.

Belle Waring wonders why kissing portrayed on television is so savage. She longs for more restrained passion. Waring is a registered nurse and a writer who lives in Washington, D.C.

John talks to NPR's Guy Raz about rebel fighting in Macedonia

Lynn Neary reports on today's speech by John DiIulio, the head of the White House Office of Faith Based and Community Initiatives. DiIulio continues to promote the Bush administrations plans for involving faith based organizations in public social service despite growing questions and criticism.

Noah Adams talks with reporter Tom Gibb about a massive fire which has crippled an enormous 40-story offshore oil rig located 75-miles off Brazil's Atlantic coast. Officials are trying to prevent a spill of the 400,000 gallons of oil on board. The rig may sink within 48 hours. Three explosions on Thursday damaged a pillar supporting the rig; the explosions killed one worker and left nine others missing and presumed dead. The offshore rig was Brazil's top oil producer in the rich Campos Basin.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from Cornwall, England, where the curtain goes up tomorrow on the world's largest greenhouse. The "Eden Project" -- with its tropical rain forest under a giant geodesic dome -- is a huge conservation project for endangered plant species.

Commentator Donald McCaig talks about the everyday proximity of life and death on his sheep farm.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that Wall Street staggered through another down day, capping a ghastly week for investors. The gloom has spread from tech stocks to even the most stolid blue chip companies. And many small investors are dismayed by portfolios that are worth a lot less than they were a year ago.

With foot-and-mouth disease scaring many people away from beef, Europeans are increasingly turning to a different red meat -- kangaroo. Australian trade officials say they expect sales to Europe to rise by 20 percent this year. Linda Wertheimer talks with John Kelly, the development manager of the Kangaroo Industries Association in Australia.

Makers of several recent movies have experimented with the structure of story telling, finding new ways to develop plot lines. Film Critic Bob Mondello says the new film Memento is a perfect example.