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  • Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang speaks during Yahoo's 15th birthday party in 2010.
    Yahoo! Co-Founder Jerry Yang Resigns
    Yang is leaving at a time when the Internet behemoth has struggled to remain relevant. Yahoo!'s stock price rallied on the news.
  • In 2010, Arizona sold 22 buildings in its state capitol complex to help deal with budget deficits. Gov. Jan Brewer recently asked representatives to buy back three of the buildings, including the State House of Representatives (right), as the state's financial situation has improved. The Old Arizona Capitol Building (left) was not part of the deal.
    States' Fiscal Future Starts To Look A Bit Brighter
    The improved outlook comes at a painful cost: nearly 700,000 state and local government jobs lost, and significant cuts to education and other programs. And since a quarter of states' budgets come from federal funding, more problems are on the way. But the hope is that the days of crippling budget deficits are at an end.
  • Salman Rushdie.
    Indian Arts Festival Invitation To Author Salman Rushdie Stirs Controversy
    Muslim groups want the Indian-born author of Satanic Verses to be denied entry into the country. Rushdie is due to attend the Jaipur Literary Festival there later this week.
  • The online encyclopedia Wikipedia on Jan. 17.
    The Social Reference Desk: A Band-Aid For The Wikipedia Blackout
    Could Twitter, along with NPR, The Guardian and The Washington Post answer some of the questions Wikipedia answers daily? They're trying it tomorrow during the great Wikipedia blackout of 2012.
  • "It's not that I've fallen out of love; I've actually never liked sports, and I never understood how I became an athlete," Serena Williams said recently, according to TennisNow.com. "I don't like working out; I don't like anything that has to do with working physically."
    Take Your Ball And Go Home? How Dare You!
    When Serena Williams said recently that she doesn't love tennis, many people gasped and clutched their pearls. When we see someone who achieved what we couldn't, says Frank Deford, we're all the more put out if they can blithely turn their back on it.
  • A truck passes shipping containers at China Shipping at the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, the busiest port complex in the U.S., near Long Beach, Calif. Stricter emissions standards have cut down on air pollution from the trucks, which has been one of the most significant sources of air pollution in California for many years.
    Cleaner Air In L.A. Ports Comes At A Cost To Truckers
    The twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have some of the dirtiest air, thanks to thousands of old diesel cargo trucks that pass through each day. But new emissions standards just went into effect banning those old trucks. Neighboring communities are breathing a sigh of relief, but the restrictions are taking a toll on low-wage truck drivers.
  • Resolve Of Syria's Pro-Government Forces Hardens
    It's been one year since the uprisings began that led to the Arab Spring, but one country is proving particularly resistant to the forces of change. Ten months of protest by Syria's people, haven't convinced President Bashar Assad to step down.
  • Wii Exercise
    By Nancy Kinghttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wmra/local-wmra-790939.mp3Charlottesville, VA – When Nintendo rolled out its interactive…
  • Already Prepping for Election 2009
    By Tom Grahamhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wmra/local-wmra-789121.mp3Washington D.C. – The next significant set of elections in…
  • Cale Elementary Students Mix It Up!
    By Martha Woodroofhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wmra/local-wmra-792039.mp3Albemarle County, VA – The idea behind National Mix It Up…
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