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Some car companies have adopted "three crew" work schedules, forgoing regular graveyard shifts and the traditional three shifts a day. It's a highly efficient way to get more out of workers, machines and factories, but it can also wreak havoc with employees' sleep needs and home lives.

There was meaning in the places President Obama and Mitt Romney chose for their dueling speeches on Thursday. The president was at a community college in heavily Democratic Cleveland. The Republican visited a small business in Cincinnati, a G.O.P. stronghold.

Another problem Ice-T doesn't have: showing his love for NPR

Download this party puzzle, and you can play host and quiz your friends. "Electric Boogaloo" tests your knowledge of bad and hilariously-titled movie sequels.

The Woman in the Fifth follows Tom (Ethan Hawke) as he travels to Paris to seek partial custody of his daughter and is drawn into the shadier corners of the City of Lights. Critic Ella Taylor finds little to recommend besides the movie's visual flair.

The Spanish romantic comedy Extraterrestrial sets up the threat of an alien invasion only to spend its running time exploring the intertwined love lives of four urbanites. The gimmick falls flat, critic Andrew Lapin says, thanks to an uninteresting plot and set of characters.

One alleged victim testified he screamed, but no one could hear him from the basement.

Contestants want to go where everybody knows their name: Ask Me Another! In this game, host Ophira Eisenberg and resident music laureate Jonathan Coulton recites lyrics from famous TV theme songs in the style of spoken word poetry.

Quizmaster John Chaneski asks contestants to open their minds, and attempt a wily word game that requires them to add letters to both ends of a word. For example, "RAISIN" plus "speaking highly of" becomes "PRAISING." Scrabble tiles not included.

The Morning Edition host has spent a lot of time on the radio, in the White House, Russia and beyond. He joins us for a quiz about political gaffes, and recounts a few adventurous tales of his own.