Jan 22nd, 2006 · The Italian city of Turin is about to take the world stage as the host of the 2006 Winter Olympics, but its citizens seem rather blasé about the event. This northern Italian city is a complex mixture of the old and the modern, and it has seen enough history to be unfazed by a single sporting or media event.
Dec 14th, 2005 · Bob Dylan signs up as talk show host with XM Satellite Radio as Howard Stern preps for his debut on Sirius.
Nov 23rd, 2005 · For those who don't have time to make perfect homemade stuffing, there has long been a boxed alternative: Stove Top. Ruth Siems, a lead inventor of the quick-prep stuffing, died earlier this month at 74.
Nov 17th, 2005 · As Judge Samuel Alito preps for his Senate confirmation hearing, every word that the Supreme Court nominee has ever written has come under a microscope, including his judicial opinions about the relationship between church and state. One theme does emerge from Alito's writings: the more religion, the better.
Oct 19th, 2005 · The Energy Department recently announces that home heating bills might increase as much as 50 percent this winter. Fewer cities are more vulnerable to this looming energy crisis than Philadelphia.
Sep 1st, 2005 · MasterCard, big credit card association owned by 1,400 banks, overhauls its corporate structure and will sell stock to the public.
Aug 10th, 2005 · NASA's next trip to space won't involve astronauts. The agency plans to launch an unmanned orbiter Thursday morning. It's headed for Mars, where it will gather information intended to determine whether the planet could have supported life. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports.
Aug 9th, 2005 · Storms along the Florida coast cause more problems for NASA officials planning Discovery's return from a 14-day mission to the international space station. The space shuttle will now try to land at Edwards Air Force Base in California at 8:12 ET.