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By Bruce Boissonaulthttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wbfo/local-wbfo-736641.mp3Buffalo, NY – For the past 12 years, the Niagara Health…

Wisconsin store asks a 76-year-old to show some ID.

59 Funder 0:29 XPromo 0:29 CUTAWAY 2B 0:29 RETURN2 0:29 NEWS 2:59 NEWS 1:59 THEME MUSIC 0:29 2C 15. FARAKHAN DOES IRAN - Robert talks with Hamid Araghie (aw-RAW-ghee), a journalist in Tehran about the arrival of Minister Louis Farrakhan in Iran and the reaction to a speech Farrakhan made yesterday at a rally celebrating the 1979 deposition of the Shah.

During a campaign stop in the battleground state of Missouri, President Bush faces criticisms over the new Medicare prescription-drug discount card. Critics say the program is too confusing and unlikely to attract those it could benefit the most -- low-income seniors. NPR's Julie Rovner reports.

Medicare's drug discount drug program starts June 1, but seniors and advocacy groups say the process is still confusing. NPR's Joanne Silberner reports from a class that is trying to help seniors get the best deal for them.

President Bush sent out more than 1 million Christmas cards this year, a presidential record. And they're postmarked "Crawford, Texas" -- home of the Bush family ranch and a tiny little post office that couldn't possibly handle such a crush. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and Denise Gamino of The Austin American-Statesman newspaper.

SNL cast member Bowen Yang joins Rachel Martin for a game of Wild Card.

Novelist Colson Whitehead is also a devoted poker player. And in 2011 Grantland gave him the assignment to write about the World Series of Poker — by playing in it.

Most people are putting off big purchases during the recession — especially cars. Dealers are trying to change that with what analysts say are some of the lowest prices in a long time. But all those rebates and discounts have yet to re-kindle the market.

Dan Telvock covers the environment for Investigative Post.