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  • Following Up On Reports From The SFO Plane Crash
    An Asiana Airlines flight from Seoul, South Korea, crashed while attempting a landing at San Francisco International Airport. Guest host Rebecca Sheir speaks with NPR's Brian Naylor about the what's known.
  • Miami-born Cécile McLorin Salvant learned about improvisation and sang with her first band after moving to France in 2007.
    Cécile McLorin Salvant: Making Old Songs New Again
    The 23-year-old jazz phenom's debut album showcases her takes on vintage jazz and blues numbers by Bessie Smith, Fats Waller and others.
  • Dick Kazmaier of Princeton University poses with the Heisman Trophy at New York's Downtown Athletic Club before the official presentation in 1951. Kazmaier, the last Ivy Leaguer to win the Heisman Trophy, died on Thursday.
    Dick Kazmaier, 'A Honey Of A Guy'
    Commentator Frank Deford remembers the last Ivy League football player to win the Heisman Trophy. Kazmaier, 82, died on Thursday.
  • Instructions Not Included, a film starring and directed by Eugenio Derbez, was made specifically for a Mexican and U.S. Latino audience.
    Latino Buying Power Gets Movie Studios' Attention
    The Spanish language film Instructions Not Included was No. 5 at the box office over the Labor Day weekend. Movie studios are paying attention to Latino audiences because they buy a quarter of the movie tickets sold in the U.S.
  • Marti Olesen's recipe for Diane's Dad's Summer Sandwich includes cheddar cheese, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions and crunchy peanut butter. It won many votes for being a strange but surprisingly delicious sandwich.
    And The Winning Taste Of Summer Is ...
    After careful consideration, gnashing of teeth and cleansing of palates, we have a winner in the Found Recipes Taste of Summer contest. Listeners wrote in, and NPR staff sampled recipes from the three finalists.
  • The Emmen Zoo's baboons last week, when they were looking so sad.
    Why Were The Baboons So Sad? Many Theories, No Answers
    At a zoo in the Netherlands, 112 baboons suddenly started acting oddly. They turned their backs to visitors. They moped around. They didn't want to eat. It was a week before they got back to normal. Were they upset by a storm or an earthquake that people didn't feel? Maybe aliens? It's a mystery.
  • Secretary of State John Kerry talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the State Department in Washington on Friday.
    Kerry, Hagel Aim To Ease U.S.-Russian Tensions
    The U.S. secretaries of state and defense met their Russian counterparts for a day of talks in Washington on Friday. They hope to find common ground despite U.S.-Russian friction over the Edward Snowden asylum case.
  • The Doctor, An Utterly Millennial Hero
    Doctor Who fans waited with bated breath this summer for the announcement of the latest actor to play the Doctor. But the Doctor is more than a character on a show that millions love, he's arguably the chosen hero of the millennial generation.
  • A photo taken of the clown who wore a mask resembling President Obama during a rodeo Saturday at the Missouri State Fair.
    'Nothing Racist' Implied In 'Obama' Act, Says Rodeo Clown
    "Comedians all over the country have used political figures to make fun of current events, it's nothing new," rodeo clown Tuffy Gessling has told a Missouri news outlet. The skit he directed at the state fair sparked outrage.
  • New Antenna Will Gather Geophysical Data For NASA
    Fairbanks, AK - People who frequent the trails on the campus of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks may have noticed lots of construction equipment all…
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