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Lately, sci-fi films have featured fewer aliens and more ... reality. NPR's Bob Mondello surveys a recent crop of movies in which regular people battle for control — of time, of minds and of lives.

The vinyl resurgence is nice, but it will always be more like souvenir collecting than a real revival. All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen tells us why.

The Planet Money team heads for Iceland. We get there just before the big election, when the people will vote decide whether to pick up the tab for mistakes bankers made before the financial crisis.

Some people are able to function with far less than the recommended seven or eight hours of sleep a night. "Short sleepers" make up just a small percentage of the population and are more energized than regular sleepers — but that's not all.

This week Barry Bonds faced the music and probably liked what he heard. The whole orchestra is just warming up for Roger Clemens, but Kobe Bryant sure struck a sour note. Host Scott Simon talks with NPR's sports maestro Tom Goldman about the week's cacophony.

Nearly one year ago, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded, killing 11 people and beginning one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history. Host Scott Simon talks with NPR's Debbie Elliott, who has covered the spill and its aftermath.

Factory output in the U.S. has gone up for the ninth straight month, but in many rural, one-industry towns, financial hardship continues. In the Northern Maine community of Millinocket, local leaders are racing the clock to reopen two paper mills before they shut down for good, are disassembled and sold for scrap. Hundreds of jobs and the already-fragile economies of two communities are at risk.

In Libya, the violent, nearly month-long conflict between forces loyal to leader Moammar Gaddafi and rebel fighters is raising questions and frustrations about the urgency and scale of the NATO air operation. Host Scott Simon talks with Stephen Flanagan, senior vice president and Henry A. Kissinger Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, about NATO's engagement in Libya, the disagreement among allies over the level of engagement and calls from Britain and France to intensify strikes against Gadhafi's forces.

Our panelists predict what Mitt Romney will do to steal some of Donald Trump's thunder.

The artist behind Beijing's Olympic Stadium is now in government custody and artists all over the world are planning protests in support of his release. NPR's Laura Sydell spoke with the controversial artist in 2008. Even then, he was pushing boundaries.