Sep 3rd, 2008 · The evangelical voters that make up a substantial part of the Republican Party's conservative base rejoiced when John McCain selected Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate last week. This week, it was revealed that Palin's 17-year-old daughter is pregnant.
Mar 17th, 2008 · When New York lost one of its top contenders for Best Pastrami Sandwich, foodies around the country went into a funk. But big eaters can rejoice: The Second Avenue Deli is back and as delicious as ever.
Jan 13th, 2007 · Two boys kidnapped four years apart were found safe in a St. Louis-area apartment Friday. For one family the discovery ends a week of terror; for another, more than four years of grief.
Jan 5th, 2007 · A tiny German village is in a tizzy of excitement as it prepares for the return of its famous storks. Last summer, the lone stork couple in Gummern, Germany, had six babies -- an event that had not happened in more than a generation, as reported in The Washington Post. Michele Norris talks with Christoph von Rohr, whose family lives across the lane from the remaining white stork nest. He says the babies put the village of 35 people on the map. Rohr has been talking to the "stork father" who is assigned to look after the stork population, about the prospect of putting up a pole in his back yard in hopes of providing a new home for a returning pair.
Nov 19th, 2006 · Sony's Playstation 3 is in hot demand and short supply this weekend. And to make it an official video gamer weekend, on Sunday, Nintendo releases its coveted Wii gaming system. Weekend Edition's Andrea Seabrook tried out Nintendo's latest game box the Wii in NPR's studio with Ralph Cooper and Kyle Orland the co-hosts of NPR's video game podcast "Press Start".
Nov 5th, 2006 · Celebratory gunfire was heard in Shiite neighborhoods on the news that Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death. But in Sunni areas, angry pro-Saddam demonstrators attacked U.S. forces. In the north of the country, Kurds were relatively quiet.
Aug 7th, 2006 · Pianist Leon Fleisher has faced many obstacles over the years, due to a debilitating hand condition. He's regained the use of that hand now, and uses both hands to play the Bach chorale "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" at Shriver Hall on the campus of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
Apr 6th, 2006 · Sometimes, even the most assiduous socio-political commentators rejoice in the brighter side of life. "L.O.V.E.," the divine closing track on Ursula Rucker's Ma'at Mama, may come as a surprise to those accustomed to her incendiary prose.