Two Iraqi government ministers are assassinated in as many days, raising security questions for the new government. Meanwhile, a car bomb explodes near a U.S. military base, killing a dozen Iraqi police and civilians.
Long-steeped in a Southern tradition of fried delights, the people of Arkansas are saying, "No more." The state is taking an honest look at its weight problem and coming up with innovative ways to cut the fat.
Simon and Garfunkel made some of the most memorable music of the 1960s and '70s. They're back together on tour, performing old favorites and a new song, "Citizen of the Planet."
James Lee Burke made his name as a mystery writer with detective Dave Robicheaux... a character a lot like James Lee Burke. But Burke says his daughter Alafair started the family business when she was just a child.
J.J. Cale has written southern-style rock songs that later became hits for
artists such as Eric Clapton, Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Allman Brothers. Now
he's releasing his first collection of new songs in eight years.
Julian Crandall Hollick's audio pieces from India have been featured in recent weeks on Weekend Edition Sunday. Neal Jackson writes about traveling with Hollick on a trip to the source of the sacred Ganges River.
Babs Reynolds fled to the frigid, remote town of Whittier, Alaska,
to escape a violent ex-husband. Twenty-five harsh winters later, she never
expects to leave -- even though her ex-husband has since died.
The French chanson is making a comeback. Inspired by legendary performers such as Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel, a new generation of singer-songwriters finds commercial success with an old style.
Former President Reagan's state funeral is being held at the Washington
National Cathedral, which towers over the nation's capital. The bishop who heads the cathedral calls it the
"national house of prayer."
If you think your dog understands you, scientists say you may be right. New research shows that some dogs have a remarkable capacity to comprehend human speech.
Silt clogging up the bottom of the Illinois River is being shipped 160 miles away to Chicago, where it will become topsoil for a new park being built on the site of an old steel mill.
A fragile peace deal allows commerce to resume along parts of the Congo
River, but daily life in Africa's third-largest country has improved only
slightly. Second in a series by NPR's Jason Beaubien.