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  • Bluff The Listener
    Our panelists tell us three stories about people getting into trouble copying something they read in a book.
  • Daniel Ellsberg was a military analyst in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret study of U.S. government decision-making in Vietnam.
    Pentagon Papers Leaker Daniel Ellsberg Praises Snowden, Manning
    The man who in 1971 went public with the comprehensive study of two decades of U.S. policy in Vietnam spoke with NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday.
  • Yasiel Puig of the Los Angeles Dodgers breaks his bat on a single to right field during a game in June. The rate of such breaks has been cut in half since 2008.
    How Major League Baseball Alleviated Its Broken Bat Problem
    In 2008, bats split into pieces once a game on average, posing injury risks to players, umpires and even fans. The issue coincided with a rapid rise in the popularity of maple bats. So Major League Baseball called in a pinch-hitter: the U.S. Forest Service.
  • Thai Elephant Orchestra co-founder David Sulzer (bottom center, in red) poses with the animals and their mahouts, or keepers.
    The Biggest Thing Out Of Thailand: An Elephant Orchestra
    Based out of a conservation center for former work animals, the Thai Elephant Orchestra is just what it sounds like: a group of elephants trained to play enormous percussion instruments, holding mallets in their trunks and sometimes trumpeting along.
  • Robert Klein
    Robert Klein And The Golden Age Of Comedy
    Host Jacki Lyden talks to comedian Robert Klein, the narrator of the documentary When Comedy Went to School, which opened this week in New York City.
  • Robert Dighton's 1805 full-length watercolor portrait, seen at right, is the singular extant image of the young George Bryan "Beau" Brummell. It was made during the height of Brummell's social and sartorial prominence within the aristocratic circles of early 19th-century Regency England.
    Bespoke Suits And Perfect Cravats At 'Dandy' Exhibit
    Dandies are much more than just Yankee Doodle, and an exhibit this summer at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum celebrates these men at the cutting edge of fashion and design — from Beau Brummell to Mark Twain and beyond.
  • Museum Tries To Save The Plant Where Rosie Riveted
    The Yankee Air Museum must raise $3.5 million to buy a portion of the former Willow Run bomber plant in Michigan, where Rosie the Riveter worked during World War II. Otherwise, the factory is due for demolition.
  • Proposed farm for adults with autism in Kalamazoo takes step forward
    The founders of Aacorn Farm hope to raise $3-million to give adults with autism the option to live and work on a farm.One of the founders of Aacorn Farm…
  • Author Kate Christensen weaves her love of food and cooking into a new memoir.
    'Blue Plate Special': A Generous Helping Of Life
    Novelist Kate Christensen makes a plot line of her own life in a memoir that describes her struggles to come to terms with her family, her relationships and her sometimes violent father. A passionate lover of food, Christensen weaves recipes into a story of survival.
  • Lawmakers Express Concern About U.S.-Chinese Pork Deal
    The Senate Agriculture Committee met Wednesday afternoon to hear testimony about the acquisition of Smithfield Foods by a Chinese company. Smithfield CEO Larry Pope tried to defend the proposed deal, but most committee members made their opposition clear.
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