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Actor DAVID PAYMER received an Oscar nomination for his role in "Mr. Saturday Night." He's now starring in the new movie "Quiz Show." He plays Dan Enright, the villain producer who rigs the show "Twenty-One."

You can lose your wallet, you can forget your PINs and passwords, but you can't lose your fingerprints or the sound of your voice. NPR's Dan Charles reports that new technologies are taking advantage of these built-in identifiers to develop fool-proof methods for making sure you are who you say you are. Some critics worry they also make it too easy to invade one's privacy.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Ian Johnson of the National Farmers Union; Senator Hillary Clinton (Democrat, New York) and Chuck Hagel (Republican, Nebraska); PBS's Jim Lehrer, ABC's Peter Jennings, CBS's Dan Rather, and NPR's Noah Adams; President George W. Bush and Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (Democrat, South Dakota).

Republican New York state senator Dan Stec has introduced legislation that would allow communities in the Adirondacks to create EMS districts.

In time for the holidays, Fresh Air presents an in-studio concert. Singer Rebecca Kilgore, trombonist Dan Barrett and pianist Rossano Sportiello played at the NOLA studios in Manhattan.

Forty years ago today, the Beatles arrived in America. Two days later they appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show. As the Fab Four opened with "All My Loving," the camera cut to the audience and held on the face of 15-year-old Robin Lynn. Lynn and son Dan Blumberg speak with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

Classical music critic LLOYD SCHWARTZ reviews the latest recording by mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt: "Handel''s Ariodante" (AH-rio-DAN-tay) on the Harmonia Mundi label.

Reporter Dan Collison spent a month following one team in the Continental Basketball Association. The C-B-A is the basketball league that's the equivalent of the minor leagues in baseball. Most N-B-A teams have at least one player or coach who came out of the C-B-A...and even though it's not as glamorous or well-paid as the N-B-A, the league is a place for players to work on their game, and keep their dreams of basketball stardom alive. (12:30) ((ST

In his new book Sellout, Dan Ozzi explores the punk phenomenon where anti-establishment clout is currency and while it's hard to pay your bills on principles, selling out often led to buyer's remorse.

Wednesday night, Dan Rather appeared in his last broadcast as anchor at CBS's Evening News. Rather covered almost every major news story of the last four decades, but a botched report on President Bush's military service record cast a shadow on the last months of his tenure.