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Food writer Amanda Hesser talks with NPR's Melissa Block about her new collection of essays and recipes, Cooking for Mr. Latte. The book charts a savory romance with the man who became her husband. Hesser provides npr.org with recipes for an entire meal — including the "dump-it" cake heard on All Things Considered.

The U.S. men's soccer team didn't make its debut in the 2006 World Cup as much as it endured it. In losing 3-0 to the Czech Republic, the Americans looked overmatched and outplayed. The Czechs, ranked No. 2 in the world ratings, moved the ball quickly through the American defense, scoring after just five minutes.

Bob Dole says if he is elected president, he will "end the IRS as we know it". He wants to transform the agency by firing up to a third of its personnel, privatizing some of its functions, and switching its focus from conducting audits to helping citizens file their taxes. Critics say the U.S. can't afford the loss of income that could result from those changes. NPR's John Nielsen reports.

The tropical storm, which has been lashing the Gulf Coast since the weekend, could drop another 2 feet of rain by the end of the week, forecasters warn. That means watch out for flash floods, tornadoes and sinkholes.

Forget stumping in the town center. In a small New Hampshire town, the trash dump is the hot spot for politicking. From New Hampshire Public Radio, Trish Anderton reports.

The U.S. Air Force is accused of dumping the remains of at least 274 troops in a Virginia landfill. The practice, reportedly stopped in 2008, is now being investigated by the military and a special counsel.

Brokers and consultants have told large employers they could save money by shifting workers with expensive health conditions into insurance marketplace exchanges. Now that has been deemed illegal.

Bob Edwards talks with Paul Eisenstein, publisher of TheCarConnection.com about Ford's new plans for their historic Rouge manufacturing plant in Dearborne, Michigan. William Clay Ford, great-grandson of Henry Ford, wants to turn what has become a toxic waste dump into an environmental success story.

For months, Los Angeles city officials have complained that regional hospitals are dropping off their indigent patients in the city's tough Skid Row area. On Wednesday, a group of city council members released a videotape that seems to have caught one hospital in the act.

Emergency units treated students and staff members after a Delta Airlines plane dumped fuel on its way to a safe emergency landing, fire and aviation authorities said.

Host Alex Chadwick talks to Garry Russell, the organizer of a one-day-a-week boycott of gas stations in Britain, to protest high prices at the pump. Russell says the idea behind the "Dump the Pumps" boycott is to pressure Britain's government into doing something to bring gas prices down, starting with a reduction in the high gasoline tax.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is releasing its newest plan for regulating dispersants, the chemicals used to combat oil spills. Despite years...

There are plans to bring a new dump to Uniontown, Ala., where the county commission approved the project because the area desperately needs jobs. Commentator John Fleming says this is the kind of case that has been labeled "environmental racism."

The New Jersey city has surpassed its previous record for murders. City officials, who say the unionized police force has too many perks, turn to the county to provide a larger and cheaper force.

An NPR investigation finds that more than 350 Syrian children were secretly placed in orphanages across the capital, Damascus, when the Assad regime was in power. Now, some of them cannot be found.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to ban restaurants, movie theaters, and sports arenas from serving sugary drinks that are larger than 16…

Linda discusses the news that delegates to the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting have approved a boycott of Walt Disney Company products, including their movies and theme parks. The Baptists disapprove of certain Disney policies on homosexual employees and Disney's release of certain films. She talks with Wiley Drake, a pastor of the First Southern Baptist Church in Buena Park, California, who brought the vote on the boycott to the floor.

A recent IRS rule bars employers from offering workers tax-free subsidies to buy policies. But a company could still cancel its plan and leave workers to buy individual policies on the marketplaces.

Up to 14 people are killed and many more injured in Baghdad after a munitions dump near a heavily populated neighborhood catches fire. U.S. soldiers say unidentified assailants had fired flares into the depot, sparking a fire and explosions. NPR's Guy Raz reports.

Funko, the maker of the Funko Pop! collectible figurines, will "eliminate" a massive batch of its inventory to alleviate some of the company's financial struggles.

According to the Florida Municipal Electric Association, Duke Energy has one of highest rates in the state.

The environmental agency has proposed permits that would allow oil companies to continue releasing contaminated wastewater onto the Wind River Reservation in central Wyoming. NPR found last year that the EPA has been allowing oil companies to send so much wastewater onto dry land that it was creating raging streams.

A first-of-its-kind survey of Medicaid enrollees found that nearly a quarter who were dropped from the program in the last year’s unwinding say they’re uninsured.

Audubon’s century-old bird count is back this month. A dump marsh near Miami-Dade County's south landfill is a favorite among birders for the birds of prey, ducks, songbirds and warblers it attracts.

After his 17-year relationship ends, a gay NYC real estate agent (Neil Patrick Harris) leans on friends as he navigates hookup culture in this breezy Netflix comedy reminiscent of Sex and the City.