Queens Of The Stone Age

First Listen Live: Queens Of The Stone Age

The band performs its new album, '...Like Clockwork,' in a sold-out show at The Wiltern in Los Angeles tonight. Watch NPR's exclusive broadcast.

Boy Scouts Vote To Admit Openly Gay Members

But the organization's National Council voted to maintain a ban on openly gay adult leaders.

Breaking Down Obama's Policy For Fighting Terrorism

In a major speech, the president rejected the idea that the country can fight an opened-ended "global war on terror."

In Oklahoma, Praying To A 'God Of Rebuilding'

For people in Moore, frequent storms offer proof they'll recover, not evidence they should leave.

At Michigan State University's Clarksville Research Station, researchers apply pollen by hand to tart cherry blossoms, in order to breed new varieties.

At Michigan State University's Clarksville Research Station, researchers apply pollen by hand to tart cherry blossoms, in order to breed new varieties.

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Inside A Tart Cherry Revival: 'Somebody Needs To Do This!'

The revival is partly based on the humble sour fruit's growing reputation as a superfood. And in Michigan, a scientist is on a quest to introduce a whole new world of hardier, tastier tart cherries by breeding American trees with ancestral varieties from Eastern Europe.

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