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NPR's Margot Adler reports that an industry is springing from the premise that teenagers are dangerous. There are gadgets that beep if your teen drives over the speed limit; machines to prevent your car from starting if the driver has alcohol on his breath; hair analysis kits that will let you perform drug tests on your kids. All of these products of parents' fears are invasive, and a few may be unconstitutional, but they're proliferating.

Robert talks with Robert Uhlig, the Technology Correspondent for The Daily Telegraph in London. They talk about today's revelations that computer hackers had intercepted electronic pager messages between Labor Party leader Tony Blair and his advisors, and discuss questions about privacy, national security, and electronic communications.

Carrie Kahn of member station K-P-B-S reports on the escalating drug-related violence in Tijuana, just twenty miles from San Diego, California. Seven Mexican federal law enforcement officials who worked in Tijuana have been murdered this year. Officials suspect the drug cartel run by the three Arellano Felix (ah-ray-YAH-no FAY-lix) brothers was behind the killings. Experts say the murders--along with a general rise in drug violence in Tijuana--are evidence that a power struggle is underway for control of the area's lucrative narcotics trade.

Dan Schorr reviews the week's news.

Commentator Daniel Pinkwater recently had a nice long conversation with a wolf named "Miranda", much to the dismay of Daniel's own dogs.

There is no Nobel Prize for mathematics. Scott asks a mathematician, "Why not?"

Elissa Ely's Grandmother Rebecca was a fantastic baker, but she never ate her own cookies. As she grew older and her arthritis grew worse, she no longer had the dexterity to bake. Soon Elissa's baby will be born, and Elissa is looking forward to naming her new daughter Rebecca and teaching her to bake.

with NPR's Don Gonyea. Carmakers sold more than 15 million vehicles, the most since 1988. But the industry did have its troubles...like the labor strikes at General Motors and questions about the safety of airbags and anti-lock brakes.

Europe is suffering through extremely harsh weather conditions this week. NPR's Michael Goldfarb reports that the normal winter-time weather patterns have changed. This week, Europe is affected by cold winds blowing out of Russia. Temperatures in some areas have dropped to as low as 34 degrees below zero.

Bailey White's story concludes.