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Dispatch From Poutine Fest, Chicago's 'Love Letter' To Canada Poutine, at its simplest, is french fries, cheese curds and gravy. In Chicago, 11 restaurants recently pitted their own variations on the Canadian late-night dish against one another. |
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Updated: Military Judge Accepts Bradley Manning Guilty Plea Manning pleaded guilty to 10 smaller charges. He is still expected to be tried for the charge of aiding the enemy. During the hearing, the Army private also provided the first detailed explanation of why he perpetrated the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history. |
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In Depressed Spain, ATMs That Dispense Free Cash   For Coca-Cola, it was both a PR move and a social experiment. The company set up an ATM that gave out 100 euros ($131) and asked only that recipients share the money. A video of the campaign has gone viral. |
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Dennis Rodman To Kim Jong Un: 'You Have A Friend For Life' The former NBA star known as "The Worm" is in the Stalinist state to be part of an HBO series exploring cultures around the world. |
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In Maui, Wild Chicken Spurs Power Outage At Airport, Surrounding Area A chicken's close inspection of a transformer caused a power outage and brief delays at Maui's Kahului Airport this week. After the incident in the airport's rental car area, security screenings were performed manually and passengers had to use mobile stairways on the tarmac. |
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Federal Gay Marriage Ban Hurts The Bottom Line, Businesses Argue Google, Apple, Facebook and other big names are wading into the same-sex-marriage debate, which will come before the Supreme Court next month. They argue the federal government's ban on recognizing gay unions causes "unnecessary cost and administrative complexity." |
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$85 Billion Versus $42 Billion: The New Sequester Argument The Congressional Budget Office has a new report saying the forced budget cuts coming tomorrow are actually smaller than the number used by the White House. |
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Openly Gay Mayoral Candidate In Mississippi Found Dead Marco McMillian's sexual orientation never came up during the campaign, but many believe he was the first viable and openly gay political candidate in the state. |
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Chrysler Plans To Add 1,250 Jobs, Invest $374 Million In Indiana The company plans to expand work at transmission plants. |
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Nintendo Wii Helped Budding Surgeons Move To Head Of The Class Want to be a better surgeon? Get your game face on. A study finds that surgical residents who played video games for an hour a day performed better at simulated keyhole surgeries than colleagues who refrained. |
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China Accuses U.S. Of Hacking Military Sites Barely a week after a major report outlining likely Chinese hacking on American companies, Beijing officials say the U.S. is doing the same thing. |
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U.S. Boss Offers Blunt Critique; French Workers Give Fiery Response The Illinois-based Titan tire company was weighing the purchase of an ailing factory in France. But in a leaked letter, Titan's CEO said the deal was off because the workers were unproductive and the unions "crazy." A war of words has ensued. |
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Black Reverend: Guns Are Important To My Church Gun violence devastates many predominantly African-American neighborhoods in places across the country. But some faith leaders feel that legal access to guns is part of the solution, not the problem. Host Michel Martin speaks with Reverend Kenn Blanchard about why he wants his congregation to have wider access to guns. |
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Has South Africa Reached Rape Tipping Point? South Africa is still reeling from the recent deaths of two women: Reeva Steenkamp, shot by her sports hero boyfriend, Oscar Pistorius, and Anene Booysens, who was brutally raped and murdered at 17. Host Michel Martin talks to independent researcher Lisa Vetten about what the cases may say about violence against women in South Africa. |
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Kenya's Candidates Spar In First TV Debates For the first time, Kenya recently aired presidential debates, ahead of its election. But despite the wide audience, many people doubt the country can get through the election without violence. Host Michel Martin catches up with journalist and debate moderator Uduak Amimo. |
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House Reauthorizes Violence Against Women Act Yet again, a small number of Republicans joined the Democratic majority to pass a Senate bill, provoking handwringing from Conservative members. |
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China's Horses May End Up In Russia's Kabobs The horse meat scandal might be playing out in Europe, but China is the biggest producer in the global market for horseflesh, a new infographic reveals. |
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Mastermind Of Great Train Robbery Dies Bruce Reynolds hid out in Mexico and Canada before returning to England in 1968, where he was promptly arrested and sentenced to 25 years in jail. |
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How Washington Chose Not To Be Careful With Spending Cuts No rational person would try to cut nearly all government spending by a fixed amount, regardless of the individual merit of any given program. That's kind of the point. |
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New York Medical School Widens Nontraditional Path For Admissions The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is making it easier for more nontraditional students to become doctors. Applicants don't have to have taken the standard admissions test or a full slate of premed classes to be considered. The school's leadership hopes the move will foster greater diversity. |
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Milwaukee Finds Its Missing Link; 'Guido The Racing Italian Sausage' Turns Up Perhaps the crooks feared being grilled or stuck under some hot lights. Whatever, they've returned the 7-foot-tall spicy sprinter who entertains fans during Milwaukee Brewers games. |
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The Meaning Of 'Regret': Journalist Bob Woodward, White House Disagree The veteran Washington Post reporter says a White House aide threatened him over a story about President Obama's role in sequestration. |
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Better Than Nothing? GDP Revised From Slight Drop To Slight Gain The economy barely grew in the fourth quarter of 2012, the government now says. But that's better than what it thought before — that the economy had contracted. Meanwhile, the number of people applying for jobless benefits fell last week. |
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Countdown To The Sequester: 3 More 'Should-Read' Stories Friday's deadline looms and "oh, it's gonna happen," says one Republican congressman. We continue to scour news outlets for stories that help make sense of the sequester. |
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Top Stories: Pope's Last Day; More Aid For Syrian Rebels; Sequester Looms Also: Medicare paid billions for poor nursing home care; Boeing proposes fix for 787 Dreamliner's lithium-ion batteries. |
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U.S. To Give Syrian Opposition $60 Million More In Non-Lethal Aid, Kerry Says "President Assad is out of time and must be out of power," the new secretary of state says. The assistance is for basic goods and services in areas under rebel control. |
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Book News: 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' Author Says Next Book Will Be Tamer Also: DC Comics kills off Batman's legendary sidekick; Jesse Jackson Jr. is reportedly writing a memoir; and banned performance enhancing drugs in literary competitions. |
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On Benedict's Last Day, A Pledge Of Obedience To His Successor The first pope in about 600 years to voluntarily step down is headed to a life out of the public's eye. Now, the church's cardinals turn to the task of selecting a successor. |
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Experts Boil Telecommuting Decisions Down To Flexibility Vs. Serendipity Yahoo touched off a debate about the effectiveness of telecommuting when it told employees last week that they may no longer work from home. The policy change was made, according to the company's internal email, to enhance workplace collaboration. |
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What Happened To The Aid Meant To Rebuild Haiti? Three years after an earthquake destroyed much of Haiti's capital, it's clear that only a fraction of the $9 billion pledged in international relief reached the country. Most of what did arrive went to short-term relief, instead of rebuilding people's homes. |
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Bradley Manning Says He Leaked Classified Info To 'Spark A Domestic Debate' The Army private is accused of leaking an unprecedented amount of classified materials. He was arrested in 2010 and is awaiting trial. |
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Video: Machine Unlocks The 'Physics' Of Separating Oreos  Ad man David Neevel's quest to rid himself of his unwanted crème drives him to create a robotic Oreo separator machine, in this charming satirical video in celebration of the snack cookie. |
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Senate Confirms Jack Lew As The Next Treasury Secretary Before he was White House chief of staff, Lew was Obama's budget director — a job he'd also held in the Clinton White House. |
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As States Embrace Online Gambling, Questions Arise New Jersey is the newest state to make online gambling legal. Its law limits participation to state residents, but how will that be enforced? And groups that help compulsive gamblers are worried that gamblers won't have to go to casinos to feed their addiction. |
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Gary Mead, DHS Official In Charge Of Arresting, Deporting Immigrants, Retires Mead announced his retirement just two days after Immigration and Customs Enforcement released hundreds of illegal immigrants, citing budget cuts. ICE said the retirement had nothing to do with the release. |
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Does Working From Home Work? It Helps If You Like Your Teammates Marissa Mayer's decision to ban working from home at Yahoo has sparked a debate about the effectiveness of teleworking. NPR's Steve Henn, who works a fragmented schedule from his Silicon Valley home, says research on what works is mixed, but success largely depends on the job and whom you're collaborating with. |
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Bud, Michelob Intended For That Beer To Taste Like Water, Suits Allege Lawsuits filed in several federal courts allege Anheuser-Busch waters down Budweiser and other beers and then misrepresents their final alcohol content. The brewer says the claims have no merit. Here's a twist: Industry insiders tell us water does get added to beer before it's packaged. |
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Budweiser May Seem Watery, But It Tests At Full Strength, Lab Says Class-action lawsuits accuse Anheuser-Busch of watering down Budweiser and other beers and then misleading consumers about their alcohol content. The company denies the claims; in tests commissioned by NPR, samples of Budweiser were found to be in line with their advertised alcohol content. |
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Conservative Group Gets Jump On 'Primarying' Republicans In 2014 While many Republicans are actively looking for ways to expand the party by reaching out to a wider audience, the conservative Club for Growth is looking for ways to rid the party of those it believes have strayed too far. And it has a new website to target what it calls "Republicans In Name Only." |
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How Guinea Pigs Could Help Autistic Children Autistic children may find it easier to socialize with other people in the presence of animals. An Australian study suggests that animals could help autistic children connect with therapists, teachers and their peers. |
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Sequester Spells Uncertainty For Many Public Schools Most public schools are unlikely to feel the effects of the sequester before September. But educators and administrators nationwide are worried they may be forced to cut Head Start enrollment, after-school programs, reading coaches and even teachers when those budget reductions hit. |
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For Bloomberg, Guns (Like Big Sodas) Are A Health Issue The victory of the candidate backed by Michael Bloomberg's anti-gun superPAC in an Illinois primary was more than just another achievement on the gun control front. It was one more win in Bloomberg's unique assault on what he views as the public health problems of our time. |
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Mexico's Larger-Than-Life Teachers Union Chief Will Remain Behind Bars Elba Esther Gordillo, president of the influential teachers union, was denied bail. She stands accused of embezzling $160 million of union funds. |
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5...4...3...2...1... We Have Sequestration The predetermined nature of the coming budget crisis known as sequestration is part of a long tradition of using countdowns as a way to manage chaos. |
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Do Parents Really Know What Their Kids Are Eating? Most parents think that their kids eat healthfully. But in reality, they may not know much about their kids' eating habits, especially as their children get older. Many kids don't talk to their parents about what they eat, and sneak unhealthy snacks after school. |
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A Photographer Remembers Wounded Knee, 40 Years Later A photographer looks back on some of his first work, documenting the 1973 standoff on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation. |
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Senate Hearing On Gun Control Turns Emotional Neil Heslin, whose 6-year-old son was killed in Sandy Hook, cried while telling a Senate Committee that guns have not been adequately regulated. He said the day he lost his son was the saddest and worst day of his life. |
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On Message: What Boehner's Saying (And What He's Not) About Sequester  Earlier, we broke down a statement that President Obama has repeated about the sequester. As we continue trying to decipher the messaging war over the mandated budget cuts scheduled to kick in Friday, we now take a look at the political talking points of House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. |
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On Message: What Obama's Saying (And What He's Not) About Sequester  The key players in Washington seem unable even to define the terms around the debate, much less find a way to stop the automatic government spending cuts set to begin Friday. So today, we're taking a deeper look at the words of President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner |
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Millionaire Space Tourist Plans Manned Mission To Mars In 2018 mission planners are looking for an older couple who could survive the very challenging — and incredibly cramped — conditions of the year-and-a-half-long trip. |
