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Many in the Latino immigrant communities of Los Angeles continue to celebrate Christmas through today, the Feast of the Epiphany. NPR's Mandalit Del Barco visits the elaborate and detailed homemade nativity scenes that decorate yards in East L.A.

Yusa is a 20-something singer-songwriter from Havana with a brand new CD. Her music blends Cuba's past, present and future, and while the music draws on traditions, it's also influenced by trends in America, Brazil and other Latin American countries. The CD is titled Yusa on TUMI records. Felix Contreras has our review.

Mister Cartoon (AKA Mark Machado) runs a rapidly growing clothing and jewelry business from his East Los Angeles tattoo parlor. But his real claim to fame is his unique, Chicano street style tattoos. His work is a favorite among top music stars like Eminem. NPR's Michele Norris visits the artist in his studio -- see photos of Machado at work.

A look at the controversial term of the departing director of the World Health Organization, Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland. The former prime minister of Norway is credited with rehabilitating an organization whose reputation had been tarnished by charges of corruption and mismanagement. But in the more than five years since she took charge, the burden of disease and health conditions among the world's poor has gotten worse. NPR's Brenda Wilson reports on how Brundtland dealt with the challenges of her job.

The Grateful Dead began their musical journey in 1965, and continued to perform before sell-out crowds until their breakup in 1995. NPR's Scott Simon talks with the band's historian Dennis McNally about his book, A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead.

The science journalist who agreed to vet the claim that a cloned baby has been born is backing out. Michael Guillen says Clonaid has not given provided any access to the alleged clone. NPR's Joe Palca has the story.

A little more than two years ago, wildlife biologist Mike Fay made an extraordinary 2,000-mile research walk across Africa's Congo Basin, documenting the region's wildlife. But that was hardly the end of his adventures. As NPR's Alex Chadwick reports, Fay has just barely escaped with his life from an encounter with an elephant.

In swamps and wetlands all over the South, fat, furry rodents called nutria -- a beaver-like animal native to Argentina -- are devouring small plants and sparking huge erosion problems. NPR's Melanie Peeples meets with some Louisiana trappers who earn $4 from the state government for each nutria they kill.

Ruth Gruber's career began in 1933 as a journalist, then as a member of the Roosevelt administration and then as a reporter covering post-war Europe and the development of Israel. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Gruber about her life and new book, Inside of Time.

In the second of three reports, NPR's Joe Palca examines why Britain is eagerly pursuing embryonic stem-cell research, while the United States hesitates. Parliament has consistently supported Prime Minister Tony Blair's position that stem-cell research holds the key to cures for various diseases. There are far fewer religious and moralistic impediments in Britain, compared to the United States, where the Bush administration has reluctantly agreed to allow limited, privately-funded research to go forward.