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  • Sing-Spelling At The National Bee
    Melissa Block has more about Katie Danis, a 7th grader from Gastonia, N.C., who wanted to sing her word at the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
  • What a potential employer finds when researching an applicant online can make or break a job opportunity.
    Fixing Your Online Reputation: There's An Industry For That
    What an employer finds when researching an applicant online can make or break a job opportunity. Pete Kistler says he found this out the hard way. Since online reputation-management services were too pricey for his college budget, he started his own.
  • Theaters And Studios Squabble Over Shortening Movie Trailers
    Trailers can devour 20 minutes before a movie — and that's without including any other advertising. Theater owners want studios to cut trailer lengths, but the studios are resisting.
  • Genetically modified wheat has been discovered growing in a field in Oregon. GMO wheat is not approved for sale in the U.S. Above, a wheat field in Arkansas.
    GMO Wheat Found In Oregon Field. How Did It Get There?
    An Oregon farmer discovered genetically engineered wheat growing in his field. Nobody knows how it got there. GMO wheat is not approved for sale in the U.S.
  • Yusra Hammed, 15, puts the finishing touches on a drawing on a wall inside her family's home in Silwad, a village in the West Bank. Hammed says, like many Palestinian girls, she does not throw rocks at Israeli soldiers; but she expresses her opposition through alternate channels, such as art.
    Palestinian Girls Look For Ways To Protest, Without Stones
    What's the most effective way to protest? Teenage Palestinian boys have a long tradition of throwing stones at, and getting arrested by, Israeli soldiers. Palestinian girls say they are no less patriotic, but most don't believe that stone throwing is the best way to achieve their goals.
  • A recent trip to Costco cost NPR's Uri Berliner $303.53. The haul included razor blades, cans of soup and tuna fish, laundry detergent, heartburn relief medicine and dog treats. As an investment, it will pay off if he uses what he bought — and if the price tag for the same items is higher if he returns in a year.
    How A Trip To Costco Can Work As An Investment Strategy
    As part of his investing adventure, NPR's Uri Berliner tries his hand at bulk buying. The idea: Stock up on goods now that you know you'll need later. It's a hedge against inflation. But figuring out what to buy and how much isn't so easy.
  • Missing Senior Citizen Comes Home In Time For TV Deadline
    Robert McDonough, 72, of Maine suffers from dementia and had not been seen for more than 14 hours. As a TV reporter prepared to go live, standing outside McDonough's home, an elderly man wandered into the camera shot.
  • "Baby 59," who survived being trapped in a sewer pipe, on Wednesday at the Pujiang People's Hospital.
    China's 'Pipe Baby' Out Of Hospital And With Mother's Family
    The newborn boy's rescue from a pipe below a public toilet captured headlines around the world. Officials now tell local news outlets that the mother is unlikely to face charges. It was an accident, officials believe, that the frightened woman initially lied about.
  • New Jersey Man Tries To Auction Off A Place In Heaven
    There is no heaven on earth - at least, not according to eBay. The site shut down an auction for a spot in heaven. The auction reached $100,000 before it was closed for violating a policy against selling "intangible things."
  • West Homeowners Could Get Tax Break With Last Minute Law Change
    Five stories that have North Texas talking: End-of-session legislation would spare West homeowners from paying tax on a house that’s no longer there,…
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