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  • Conflicting Claims On Cause And Death Toll After Explosion In Syria
    Activists inside Syria say government forces are responsible for an explosion today in the city of Hama, and that about 70 people were killed. The Assad regime says 16 people died in an explosion at a bomb factory used by "armed terrorist groups."
  • Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani as he arrived at court today in Islamabad.
    After Conviction, Pakistani Prime Minister 'Imprisoned' For Just A Few Minutes
    Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was found guilty of contempt for refusing to push for the reopening of a corruption case involving President Asif Ali Zardari. The court sentenced Gilani to a term lasting until it adjourned — just minutes later.
  • For Fans Of The NFL Draft, A Heady Cocktail Of Hope And Sloth
    NPR's Stephen Thompson explains why, for a football fan, the endless spectacle of the NFL Draft is one of the greatest weekends of the year.
  • Assessing the Presidential Selection Process
    After a long campaign season of caucuses and primaries, attack ads, and Super PACs, many have noticed significant changes. This year, we've seen many more…
  • Rupert Murdoch and his wife, Wendi Deng Murdoch, as they were being driven away from the Royal Courts of Justice following his testimony today in London.
    'I Failed,' Says Rupert Murdoch; But He Points At Others For Cover-Up
    Media mogul Rupert Murdoch testified today that lower-level executives were the ones behind a cover-up of the so-called hacking scandal and that they kept him from knowing about what had happened.
  • The expedited security line at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta.
    TSA Agents Accused Of Taking Drug Money To Look The Other Way
    Four current and former TSA agents working at Los Angeles International Airport are accused of accepting bribes to allow drug couriers to pass through their lanes without inspection.
  • Following Garbage's Long Journey Around The Earth
    Americans generate more trash than anyone else on the planet: more than 7 pounds per person each day. Journalist Edward Humes explores how that happened in his new book Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash.
  • The Delights Of Reading Upside Down
    The Romans played with palindromes in the form of the famous "Sator Square." Today, modern artists have created "ambigrams" — words and phrases in creative fonts that can be read in the mirror or upside down.
  • Lillian Hellman: A 'Difficult,' Vilified Woman
    A fierce playwright, a fiery socialist and a pioneering feminist, Lillian Hellman lived unapologetically. But today she's remembered as a fabulist and a rabble-rouser — if she's remembered at all. A new Hellman biography, A Difficult Woman, hopes to set the record straight.
  • Trails that were close to streams were most likely to be badly damaged.
    New AMC Guide Editor: Irene Did Most Trail Damage In Decades
    Tropical Storm Irene’s heavy rains did more serious damage to trails in the White Mountains than any storm in decades, says one of the authors of the new…
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