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Consumers are buying smaller cars in response to fast-rising gas prices. We've been here before, most recently when gas prices spiked in 2008. This time around is different; American automakers GM and Ford are finding success as consumers switch from SUVs and trucks to economy cars. NPR's Sonari Glinton reports.

The largest crowd ever packed into Churchill Downs Saturday for the 137th running of the Kentucky Derby, but much of the intrigue happened behind the scenes. Host Liane Hansen has an update of the final standings of the 2011 Kentucky Derby, where a horse named Animal Kingdom surged to a surprise victory.

On Saturday, the Pentagon released several videos seized by U.S. forces from Osama bin Laden's raided Pakistani compound. NPR's Rachel Martin reports on their significance.

Some jittery Memphis residents began abandoning low-lying homes as the dangerously surging Mississippi River threatened to crest in coming days just shy of a 48.7-foot record of a devastating 1937 flood.

Cash-strapped schools across the country are staging swanky events to auction off everything from weeklong Italian vacations to an unwashed Lance Armstrong jersey, which sold for $110,000. "Probably the strangest thing," says one auction organizer, "was the vasectomy for you and your cat."

In this week's podcast of Weekends on All Things Considered:the complexity of being Pakistan's ally, schools using swanky auctions to raise money, Jodie Foster, and a soul singer from the Carolinas, Jar-E.

Diets and supplements that claim to cure inflammation from everyday aches and pains, heart disease, arthritis, Alzheimer's and cancer aren't supported by much scientific evidence. The biggest impact of any diet on arthritis pain may have more to do with calories than antioxidants.

Tattoos and permanent makeup are more popular than ever. Health officials are now looking at whether salons that do them are mixing their inks with harmful substances. The FDA also says it's starting to see an increase in consumer complaints about infections and other reactions to inks.

Drilling is set to begin this fall off Cuba's north coast, where geologists believe there could be nearly 5 billion barrels of oil. A significant find could affect the 50-year-old U.S. trade embargo, but it also may present new environmental threats for Florida.

Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele says it's time for Congress to seriously address the budget deficit. In an article for TheRoot.com, he writes that Republicans and Democrats' "wailing and gnashing of teeth" about spending, taxes and debt is dishonest. Host Michel Martin speaks with Steele about his take on deficit reduction.