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NPR film critic Bob Mondello used to be in the movie business as a publicist for a regional chain of movie theaters in the Mid-Atlantic states. He explains how the streamlining of the theater business could affect what you see.

NPR's Richard Harris reports on new findings that the world's oceans are warming. Heretofore there has been strong evidence showing a warming of the atmosphere and land, probably in large part due to industrial emissions of greenhouse gases. The ocean was something of a mystery -- was it a heat sink or heat emitter? Evidence suggests human activity is warming it.

NPR's Susan Stamberg speaks with commentator and author Mary Sojourner about her new book of stories about women in the Arizona desert. The book is called Delicate: Stories of Light and Desire.

He was born in the Congo Republic, was educated in the US, and left the Congo with the outbreak of civil war in 1997. Two of his novels have just been translated to English: Little Boys Come From the Stars and The Fires of Origins (both by Lawrence Hill Books). With the help of writers Philip Roth and William Styron, DONGALA now has a visiting professorship in chemistry at Simons Rock of Bard College in Massachusetts. DONGALA is also president of the Congolese PEN Centre.

Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan reviews the movie version of Bridget Jones's Diary. The book by Helen Fielding sold five million copies around the world, and Turan says it promises to be quite successful on the big screen as well.

Host Bob Edwards describes two new studies out today in the journal Science. They conclude that global warming over the last fifty years is due to human-released greenhouse gasses.

Lester Graham of the Great Lakes Radio Consortium reports that rising energy costs have led some Midwestern states to reconsider drilling for natural gas under the Great Lakes.

NPR's Jack Speer reports on credit scoring -- a numerical system based on your credit history that's used to determine whether or not you get a loan, and what interest rate you pay. It's been around for years, but credit bureaus have only recently begun letting people see their scores.

NPR's Jason Beaubien reports from Boston where the 105th Boston Marathon is off to a hi-tech start today. The marathon's 15,000 entrants will all have small computer chips tied to their shoelaces, sending instant updates of each runner's progress to the Internet for fans. Check out the Boston Marathon Web site.

President Bush cancelled this year's White House Egg Roll; bad weather turned the south lawn into a mushy mess. We have some facts about the annual egg roll, as well as some facts about eggs.