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Iowa's Maytag Farms is a small producer of gourmet-caliber blue cheese. Experts say it's a good example of "place-based" food, a movement emerging as a viable alternative to commodity farming. Hear NPR's Greg Allen.

The Museum of Modern Art is opposing a Jewish family and the U.S. government over a painting seized by the Nazis in 1939. MOMA wants the work by Austrian painter Egon Schiele sent back to the Austrian foundation that lent it for a show. But under U.S. law, "Portrait of Wally" could be stolen property that should be returned to the family. David D'Arcy reports.

The explosion happened in June 2017 at TECO’s Apollo Beach power plant.

NPR Washington Editor Ron Elving looks at what's at stake when President Bush brands Social Security as a "crisis" -- and what it means for the future of the two major political parties.

Military hearings begin for foreign-born detainees at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The hearings come after a U.S. Supreme Court decision in July that allowed prisoners to challenge their detentions. Hear NPR's Jackie Northam.

One of the largest earthquakes in recent memory hit Southeast Asia Sunday morning, setting off tsunamis that killed thousands. Measured at 8.9, it is the strongest earthquake since a 9.2 quake hit Alaska in 1964. Hear NPR's Sheilah Kast and NPR's Michael Sullivan.

Music critic Banning Eyre has a review of the latest CD from African superstar Youssou N'Dour. It's called Egypt, and Eyre says it's very different than anything N'Dour has done in the past, and calls it "a work of grandeur and conviction."

Earlier this month, President Bush appointed Kansas City, Mo. attorney Gerald Reynolds to take over as chairperson of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. The advisory panel had been led for more than half its 47-year existence by Mary Frances Berry, an activist who became a polarizing figure. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

One of the most popular songs in Ukraine today is a new song of protest inspired by the recent election demonstrations. Legendary folk singer, songwriter and musicologist Oscar Brand talks about the tradition of protest music.

NPR's Jacki Lyden speaks with John Pierce, publisher of The Old Farmer's Almanac, about what to expect in 2005 — everything from weather to cologne to the latest home gadgets.

One week after a tsunami killed tens of thousands in coastal areas of Indonesia's northern Aceh province, relief workers are only beginning to make headway. The scale of the disaster, and the need for aid, is staggering -- there are no vehicles to carrying needed supplies, and aid workers fear mass starvation if food supplies aren't distributed in the next several days. NPR's Adam Davidson reports.

Slate senior editor Andy Bowers explains how Sunday's 9.0 earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean was powerful enough to affect the Earth's rotation.

The third solo album of singer-songwriter Kasey Chambers debuted at number one in her native Australia. Now, Wayward Angel is out in America and Chambers recently toured the country to promote it. She performs some songs for NPR's Liane Hansen.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Marine Corps Col. Thomas Xavier Hammes, a counter-insurgency specialist, about the current situation in Iraq. Hammes is the author of The Sling and the Stone: On War in the 21st Century.

NPR's Kim Masters talks to NPR's Noah Adams about the current corporate civil trial against Walt Disney Company. Shareholders are suing the company over alleged misconduct involving the severance package for former corporate president Michael Ovitz, who reportedly left with a $140 million "golden parachute" after just 14 months as chief executive of the entertainment giant.

NPR's Noah Adams speaks with NPR's Ira Flatow, host of Talk of the Nation Science Friday, about the successful flight of a NASA prototype "scramjet," an unmanned experimental aircraft with a revolutionary new air-breathing engine that achieved a speed of nearly 7,000 mph in a recent test mission over the Pacific Ocean.

Britain's Parliament has finalized a ban on fox hunting in England and Wales. NPR's Noah Adams talks to Jonathan Freedland, a reporter for London's Guardian newspaper, about the ban and the angry reaction from many of Great Britain's hunters.

Meredith Ochs reviews a new music CD by Capt. James T. Kirk, also known as William Shatner. The album, Has Been, is a funny and philosophical collaboration between the former Star Trek star and musician Ben Folds, among others.

President Bush's plan to allow private accounts for Social Security may send a lot of business to Wall Street; but lobbyists for reform say the returns for financial firms are not necessarily so great. NPR's Peter Overby reports.

Growing up in a racially segregated neighborhood in Cape Town, South Africa, Neal Petersen overcame both physical disability and apartheid to become the first man of African heritage to race solo around the globe in a sailboat. He shares his incredible story with NPR's Tony Cox — a story detailed in his autobiography Journey of a Hope Merchant.

Michael Chertoff, President Bush's nominee to head Homeland Security, has worked for both Republicans and Democrats. And he's been both lauded and criticized by civil libertarians. NPR's Robert Smith reports.

Commentator Michael Eric Dyson tells NPR's Tavis Smiley why he feels sports and race are both as American as apple pie. Dyson talks about the furor over a Monday Night Football skit where a nude white woman seduces a black NLF star.

Briefing reporters in Fallujah, Lt. Gen. John Sattler says fighting in the city has stopped, though many houses need to be cleared of booby traps. He denies there were heavy civilian casualties in the city and says so far there is no humanitarian crisis there. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports.

Dubose is co-author (with Jan Reid) of a new book about House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. Delay's nickname — and the name of the book — is The Hammer. DeLay was a small-town Texas exterminator who rose to be the most powerful man in Congress. Dubose was the editor of The Texas Observer for 11 years. He is also co-author, with Molly Ivins of Bushwhacked and Shrub.

Vice President Dick Cheney and Sen. John Edwards square off in the only vice presidential debate scheduled for the campaign. The face-to-face meeting underscored differences between the two on the war in Iraq and domestic policies. NPR's Tavis Smiley gets analysis from Ron Walters, professor of government and politics at the University of Maryland, and Deborah Perry, president of the Choose 2 Lead Women's Foundation.