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  • Companies at the giant festival in Austin found something everyone attending could use more of: battery power. Yahoo hid chargers in planters, while Mophie sent around a St. Bernard with a charger.
  • There have been protests and murder charges lodged against fired deputy sheriff who fatally shot an Illinois woman who had called 911 for help. A video tape of the shooting was released Monday.
  • Sonya Lea and her husband Richard Bandy had been married for more than 20 years when he had to have an operation for a rare cancer. Since then, he's been piecing together the puzzle of his past.
  • Secretary of Homeland Security nominee Bernard Kerik withdraws his name from consideration while the Democrats look for a new leader.
  • Lea Berman worked for President George W. Bush; Jeremy Bernard for President Obama. They draw on their White House experiences for a book about the importance of civility in getting things done.
  • Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff was in court Tuesday for a hearing on whether he is aware his lawyer has potential conflicts of interest. Madoff is expected to waive his right to a trial and plead guilty at a hearing Thursday.
  • New petition language is submitted to recall Albion's mayor pro-tem. More allegations of sexual harassment are made against Michigan Congressman John…
  • Peter Spring went to New Orleans to offer his skills as a piano tuner. He's helping repair instruments damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
  • The Islamic world once led the globe in science and religious tolerance. But in his new book on Islam, historian Bernard Lewis describes a culture in turmoil. Lewis talks with All Things Considered host Robert Siegel about the politics of hate and historic choices ahead.
  • NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Bernard Kouchner, the founder of Doctors without Borders and a former U.N. administrator in Kosovo, about reconstruction efforts in Iraq.
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