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Call it the Burning Man of the Midwest: a temporary city, built around artistic expression. On a frozen lake outside of Minneapolis, the ice shanties are filled with art and dance parties.

This past week, the social media network Twitter announced it would begin removing messages from its service within specific countries if asked to do so by one of those countries. The move sparked complaints of censorship from some of its users. Host Rachel Martin has more.

Florida's Republican primary is Tuesday. If Mitt Romney wins, it's a potentially decisive state for the former Massachusetts governor's bid for the nomination. But a victory by Newt Gingrich would all but guarantee a long battle ahead. NPR's Don Gonyea reports on the mounting attacks.

Host Rachel Martin talks with NPR's Mara Liasson about the intense Republican primary race and President Obama's message of populism in his State of the Union address last week.

Last month, scientists around the world agreed to temporarily halt controversial scientific research with bird flu viruses. Some experts say too little is known about how infectious this virus could be to humans, but other experts think those risks have been blown a bit out of proportion.

If you listen carefully, you'll catch phrases in Downton Abbey that are ahead of their time. Linguist Ben Zimmer points out snippets of dialogue that Lord Grantham would have been unlikely to say.

Adele won every category in which she was nominated, including Record, Album and Song of the Year, and performed for the first time in months.

In a city not far from Beijing, authorities have been seizing iPads from retailers. Not because they're fake but because a Chinese company claims it owns the iPad name. Apple did buy the rights to the name, but from an affiliate in Taiwan. The mainland Chinese company maintains it still owns the name in China.

With American troops out of Iraq and leaving Afghanistan – what will America’s ‘strong presence’ in the region look like? “Make no mistake, our strong…

While better than December's flat number, a 0.4 percent rise in retail sales was less than economists expected.