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This year's film festival season has begun, but the focus isn't on buying films for release as much as in past years. More and more film companies are premiering their movies there. David D'Arcy reports from Park City, Utah, home of the Sundance Film Festival.

Ken Burns says his latest documentary is a "dual biography" of Mark Twain and Samuel Clemens, the real man behind the writer.

Helen Levitt is considered "a photographer's photographer" -- little known by the public, but revered by fellow photographers. She has a new book of her photos documenting New York City street scenes, and talks about her life with All Things Considered co-host Melissa Block.

Over the past century, the Earth's surface has been getting hotter. Scientists had thought icy Antarctica was a part of that global warming trend, but two new studies show temperatures on the continent may be heading south. For Morning Edition, NPR's Richard Harris reports.

A new study following premature infants into adulthood finds that some babies who started out weighing less than three pounds grow into remarkably resilient adults. NPR's Rachel Jones reports for All Things Considered.

Independent producer Joe Richman and All Things Considered begin a weekly series on jobs that are slowly disappearing. Today we meet Walter Backerman, one of the last seltzer delivery men who still make the rounds to New York City residents. Backerman's father was a seltzer man. So was his grandfather. And when he shows up at the doors of his customer's homes, to many, he represents a connection to a time gone by.

NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports on the philanthropic efforts of some former Enron employees. Several entrepreneurial ventures have been established to raise funds to help fired employees make it until they find other jobs.

As gas prices surge all over the world, some countries are taking a historic step by releasing oil from their emergency reserves. But it may not be enough to provide long-term relief at the pump.

Albert Pujols is making his return to St. Louis after more than 10 years away. Cardinals fans have given him a warm welcome home despite a bitter breakup after the 2011 World Series.

The Senate made history Thursday when it confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. After 233 years, she'll be the first Black woman to ever serve on the nations highest court.