Aug 1st, 2008 · The United Nations is relaxing its "dress protocols" this summer, encouraging staff to get out of their formal wool suits. U.N. headquarters says it could save $100,000 by re-setting thermostats to a warm 77 degrees during New York's sweltering month of August.
Jul 19th, 2008 · Before pursuing a career in music, Lee was a Philadelphia schoolteacher. Then he started going to open-mic nights with a car stereo full of classic R&B records. He recently brought his folky, soulful style to NPR headquarters for a solo performance.
Jul 3rd, 2008 · Steve Schmidt, a former spokesman for President Bush's 2004 re-election campaign, has just received a promotion at John McCain headquarters in Virginia. Democrats say this means voters should expect more Bush-Cheney policies from McCain's administration.
May 17th, 2008 · In December, NPR staffers discovered a bat nestled in a crack of a building across the street from the NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C. After spending the rest of the winter and part of the spring at a bat sanctuary in Northern Virginia under the care of bat expert Leslie Sturges, it was released this week into the woods. NPR's Andrea Seabrook talks with Sturges about the bat's plight.
May 15th, 2008 · A tiny silver-haired bat was found in the crevice of a wall near NPR's Washington, D.C. headquarters. Days later, Bat Mitzvah disappeared. Now, after months of eating meal worms and making practice flights, the bat has been set free again.
Apr 22nd, 2008 · National City, a major regional bank with headquarters in Cleveland, has been struggling with subprime mortgage losses. On Monday, the bank announced a huge capital infusion and watched its already depressed stock fall even further. Dan Bobkoff reports from member station WCPN.
Mar 31st, 2008 · With a truce in place, Sadr City, the vast Shiite slum on Baghdad's eastern edge, is springing back to life. Despite continued tension in the "no-man's land" just outside the neighborhood, at the headquarters of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, "candy of jubilation" was handed out.
Mar 17th, 2008 · Shortly after the U.S. invasion, a bomb at U.N. headquarters in Baghdad killed the chief U.N. envoy and more than 20 other staffers. Now the U.N. again has hundreds of foreign and Iraqi staffers assisting the Iraqi government.