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Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan reviews Last Resort. Set in a London apartment building that acts as a holding station for people seeking political asylum, the film offers a gritty, realistic view of life as a refugee.

NPR's Brian Naylor reports that while Attorney General-designate John Ashcroft was the subject of a relatively civil confirmation hearing inside the Dirksen Senate Office Building, special-interest groups from the right and left held noisy rallies outside the capitol regarding the nomination.

NPR's Tom Goldman reports on a re-creation of the original game of baseball. The Genesee Country Village and Museum, near Rochester, New York, spent about $200,000 to build an authentic wooden baseball stadium.

NPR's Jackie Northam reports from Davenport, Iowa as it braces against rising floodwaters of the Mississippi River. Residents of Davenport have chosen not to build a permanent floodwall and now federal officials say taxpayers shouldn't have to rescue their riverfront.

NPR's Linda Gradstein in Jerusalem reports on violence in the Gaza Strip today. Israeli tanks and bulldozers pushed into a Palestinian refugee camp, demolishing 20 buildings Israel says were used by Palestinian gunmen for cover.

NPR's Christopher Joyce reports on the city of Caral, Peru, which some archeologists are claiming is the oldest city in the Americas. The buildings of the first city are said to 4,600 years old. That dates it to around the time of the construction of the Egyptian pyramids.

NPR's Howard Berkes reports that the city of Los Angeles is considering increasing the amount of electricity it imports from a coal-burning plant in Utah. California's pollution laws prohibit building a similar plant in that state.

The debut of satellite radio has hit some snags. Sirius, one of the major companies planning to offer the service, is having trouble getting automakers to build the radios into cars. An announcement about the delay sent the company's stock into a nosedive this week. NPR's Chris Arnold reports.

This year, the Zuni tribe of western New Mexico celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Zuni Fitness Series, a model program designed to combat diabetes by building on tribal traditions of running and physical activity. Kate Davidson reports for All Things Considered.

As part of his continuing series of stories from Roosevelt High School in Seattle, NPR's Robert Smith follows several Roosevelt students as they build a small robot and enter it in a national competition. While learning about technology, the students also learned something about teamwork.