Hillary Clinton: 'Incredible Rush' Will Have Its End()
May 13, 2012 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she plans to get off the "high-wire" of politics after she wraps up her tenure as secretary of state, but she's still questioned about her political future wherever she goes. NPR's Michele Kelemen gives a behind-the-scenes account of Clinton's most recent swing through Asia.
The L.A. Riots, As A Neighbor Remembers It()
April 29, 2012 Twenty years ago Sunday, Los Angeles erupted into destructive riots after the verdict in the Rodney King trial. The violence lasted six days and left more than 50 dead and over $1 billion in damage. NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates remembers; she lived in the one of the neighborhoods that went up in flames.
A Nation Stands Together For A Fallen Soccer Player()
March 21, 2012 Last weekend, English soccer fans were looking forward to a sporting feast. They ended up taking part in a nationwide communal vigil, focused on an African-born player's fight for life.
Sailing On Ice? Yeah, That's A Sport.()
February 28, 2012 NCPRImagine racing over a frozen lake on a wind-powered sled, hitting speeds that top 40 miles an hour. That's what ice sailors all around the world do just about anywhere water freezes. In the U.S., Lake Champlain has emerged as one of the country's best ice sailing venues.
'We Crush The Cars': Inside The Monster Truck Arena()
February 22, 2012 The sport — yes, sport — of monster truck driving has come a long way. What started in the late '70s as intermission entertainment for tractor-pulling competitions is now a multimillion-dollar industry that tours the world. "We are a show," says veteran Rod Schmidt, "but yet we're racers."
Haiti: Reflections On Overcoming 2 Years Of Disaster()
January 15, 2012 On Thursday, Haiti marked the second anniversary of the devastating 2010 earthquake. NPR's Jason Beaubien was back in the Caribbean nation for the quake memorials and he sent us this reporter's notebook about covering Haiti over the last few years.
In Haiti, Hope Is Still Hard To Find()
January 14, 2012 You can see some progress in Haiti two years since the 7.0-magnitude quake hit. But Port-au-Prince is a tour of unrelenting misery and often disturbing images. NPR's Carrie Kahn and Marisa Penaloza report that you can tell the pace of progress by looking into people's eyes — emptiness looks back at you.
Gadhafi's Palace Becomes People's Market()
October 9, 2011 Moammar Gadhafi's compound in the heart of Tripoli has been put to new use as a market, and the former palace of terror is now a kind of fairground.
A New Destination For Kayakers: The L.A. River?()
September 20, 2011 Los Angeles city officials have opened once-polluted and often-ridiculed Los Angeles River to kayaks and canoes. NPR's Mandalit del Barco rode on it with a group of 10-year-olds and a City Council member — where they discovered herons, carp and 32 discarded shopping carts.
Boy Scouts Look Forward To New Site()
September 8, 2011 Two Boy Scouts eagerly await the opening of the more than 10,000-acre new camp planned in West Virginia. The camp is expected to be completed and open by July 2013.
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