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Disney says nobody in North Korea asked permission to use Mickey and Minnie and some of the company's other characters. A concert for the country's new leader Kim Jong Un featured the Disney stars.

Ronn Matt told the Chicago Tribune that his mother used to frown on his habit of spitting cherry pits. But now he's become a champion in Michigan. He won by spitting a pit 69 feet. The world record is 93.5 feet.

It was a deadly weekend. And the video of a woman being executed recalled the days when the Taliban ruled the country.

Much fanfare followed South Sudan's independence one year ago. But challenges were also exposed, like how to manage oil revenue and build roads, homes and schools. Guest host Maria Hinojosa learns how the world's youngest country has been doing this year. She speaks with NPR's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton and Juba-based radio host Mading Ngor.

Brian Castner commanded two Explosive Ordnance Disposal units in Iraq, where his team disabled roadside IEDs and investigated the aftermath of roadside car bombings. He returned home a completely different man, which he details in his memoir, The Long Walk.

Once seen as a useful gauge of risk in the banking system, the measure has been tainted by concerns that banks were manipulating a key part of it.

Watch a live video webcast from coastal New England during the weekend of August 4-5.

In the tradition of the best bluesy folk-rock singers who preceded her, Carlile sings with restrained power and from-the-gut force.

Amidst a struggling global economy, The New Republic's Robert Skidelsky says a renewal of Keynesian economics can help stimulate growth.

A definition, cost and explanation of the resurgence of the deadly coal miners' disease.