Sep 9th, 2008 · During a two-week road trip, three NPR staffers traveled from Chicago to Phoenix in search of people who rallied their communities. From a diner owner in Chicago to an Arkansas fiddler, those who emerged as local leaders came from all walks of life.
Jul 10th, 2008 · The Food and Drug Administration is considering beefing up its warnings about the relationship between epilepsy drugs and suicide. Its staffers have analyzed 199 studies and found that the drugs increase the risk of suicidal thoughts and actions by 80 percent. It has asked an advisory committee for help in considering what to do about the drugs, which are vital in fighting epilepsy but are prescribed for other uses as well.
Jun 28th, 2008 · Staffers in Sen. Ted Stevens' (R-AL) office have won first place in a fitness competition on Capitol Hill by walking over 6,000 miles. Over the past six weeks, staffers of senators and representatives have been wearing pedometers to track their steps in an effort to improve fitness.
Jun 12th, 2008 · A search and rescue mission continued in western Iowa on Thursday after a tornado swept through a Boy Scout camp overnight, killing at least four boys and injuring 48 others. The powerful storm struck at the Little Sioux Scout Ranch, where about 93 Scouts and 25 staffers were camping.
May 28th, 2008 · Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan isn't the first presidential staffer to write a tell-all memoir. Peter Baker, a writer for The New York Times Magazine talks about the phenomenon of the White House memoir.
May 23rd, 2008 · At the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, staffers had been trying to foster environmental consciousness in China, one child at a time. After the earthquake, they put those efforts on hold — and made healing and rebuilding a priority.
May 20th, 2008 · Kevin Spacey and Dennis Leary as Gore staffers Ron Klain and Michael Whouley, Tom Wilkinson as George W. Bush's strongman James Baker III, and Laura Dern as Florida's own electoral maven Katherine Harris, courtesy of Danny Strong, the writer of the new HBO movie, Recount.
May 17th, 2008 · In December, NPR staffers discovered a bat nestled in a crack of a building across the street from the NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C. After spending the rest of the winter and part of the spring at a bat sanctuary in Northern Virginia under the care of bat expert Leslie Sturges, it was released this week into the woods. NPR's Andrea Seabrook talks with Sturges about the bat's plight.