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In this week's StoryCorps, two friends recall a harrowing ski trip in the Colorado mountains.

A national museum devoted to the history of comedy has opened in Jamestown, N.Y., the birthplace of Lucille Ball. Executive director Journey Gunderson and comic Lewis Black talk about the project.

Hundreds of millions worldwide were watching as Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon in 1969. The spacesuit that kept him alive is part of NPR's 250th anniversary series America in Pursuit.

Homelessness in the Granite State is rising. And New Hampshire has a 0.6 percent rental housing vacancy rate, which means there’s virtually no room available.

Russell Lewis of member station KPBS reports hot temperatures across California have led to soaring electricity demand and cost. In San Diego, the cost has forced some businesses to close and caused some experts to question the effectiveness of the state's utility deregulation.

Russell Lewis reports on San Diego residents who are taking a stand against high utility bills. Everyone--from members of local government to leaders of local churches--seems to be getting involved in the fight to reduce payments to San Diego Gas and Electric.

As the U.N's weapons inspectors head to Iraq, the U.S. military builds up its forces in the Persian Gulf. Russell Lewis reports on one of the first units to be deployed.

about last night's results at the olympic Track and Field trials. Carl Lewis qualified for his fifth Olympic Games... an unprecedented accomplishment for a male U.S. track and field athlete.

A Congressional hearing was held today into the ValuJet Airlines crash in the Everglades in May, and the Federal Aviation Administration's oversight of airline safety. Among those testifying were FAA Chief David Hinson, Transportation Department Inspector General Mary Schiavo, and ValuJet President Lewis Jordan. NPR's Dan Charles reports.

NPR's Libby Lewis reports on a U.S. attorney's controversial decision to prosecute owners of clubs where raves happen under laws designed to shut down crack houses. The government says the club operators are responsible for the use and sale of ecstacy in the clubs.