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Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors poses in the dressing room after he scored 100 points in a game against the New York Knickerbockers on March 2, 1962.

100 Points, One Game: A Basketball Record Turns 50

Fifty years ago, in an unimportant game, basketball star Wilt Chamberlain reached a milestone: 100 points in one game. At the time, it didn't even merit the front page in New York newspapers.

Egyptian presidential candidate and former Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa delivers a speech to Bedouins in Ras Sidr during a campaign trip to the South Sinai last week. Egyptians are anticipating the first presidential elections after last year's ouster of Hosni Mubarak.

Egyptians Prepare For Wide-Open Presidential Poll

More than a dozen candidates are seeking to become Egypt's next president in what looks to be the most competitive election ever. Still, many Egyptians fear those in power will try to manipulate the process.

Edward Young, whose automotive transport business is based in Milford, Conn., arrives to pick up a car to be delivered to Pennsylvania from the Valenti auto dealership in Watertown, Conn.

Business Boot Camp Gives Veterans A New Start

Veterans coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan are facing an unemployment rate twice that of civilians. But a consortium of business schools has been teaching service members that their military experience can give them the right skills to become successful business owners.

Industrial Auction Firm Highest Bidder for Isaacson Steel

At an auction today/Wednesday in Manchester an Ohio company made the highest bid for the bankrupt Isaacson Steel. NHPR’s Chris Jensen reports.Last year…

An Indian boy gets his eyes scanned for enrollment in a nationwide ID project in 2011. Many Indians, especially the poor, lack identification documents, which restricts their access to many government services.

For India's Undocumented Citizens, An ID At Last

Hundreds of millions of poor Indians have never had proper identification documents, which makes it difficult to do many things in a rapidly modernizing country. A high-tech government project is starting to fix that.

Students rally against truancy policies on the steps of City Hall in Los Angeles on Feb. 22. The city is relaxing its punitive truancy policies to focus on the reasons students skip class.

To Get Kids To Class, LA Softens Its Hard Line

After several years of a punitive approach to school truancy — complete with police sweeps around campuses and fines — Los Angeles is shifting its focus to the root causes of why kids skip school. Critics say the hard-line policies penalized low-income families and failed to improve attendance.

The Lytro we received to demo is about four inches long.

Shoot Now, Focus Later: A Little Camera To Change The Game

Does the new Lytro take the art out of photography? Or open up new doors to artistic interpretation?

Contraception Fight Heading To House Floor

House Speaker William O'Brien's bill to allow any employer with a religious objection to exclude contraception coverage from employee health plans draws…

The Real Romney

We know he's running for President and that he's become a household name. We know he ran unsuccessfully in 2008 as well. We know that he was Governor of…

Vows over Gay Marriage

On June 3, 2009, Governor John Lynch signed a law that allowed gay marriage in the Granite State. A little less than 7 months later, the first wedding…

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