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Close your eyes for a moment and think about what America looked like, say, in 1962, the furniture, the architecture, the cars. We explore the huge role…

The show will go on tonight in South Haven.It looked for a while this morning that the start of the 15th annual Waterfront Film Festival might be delayed.…

President Bush will visit Punta Gorda, Fla., Sunday to inspect the damage inflicted there by Hurricane Charley. The fast-moving storm left thousands in Florida homeless, and many more without power or water. Emergency officials expect the death toll to rise as cleanup efforts continue. NPR's Phillip Davis reports.

The assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has changed the political landscape in Pakistan, undermining the strength of the opposition. Upcoming parliamentary elections may be losing their significance.

Writer Jody Arlington picks three hot summer graphic-novel reads. The twist? They all star anthropomorphic animals: Doughty badger detective LeBrock, hard-boiled cat detective John Blacksad and resistance rabbit Hardin dodge assassins, steal secrets and track down the missing just like their human counterparts.

A vast chain of remote Hawaiian islands, teeming with endangered sea life, has become the nation's newest national monument -- and the largest patch of protected ocean on earth.

Hundreds of people are still being plucked daily from the roofs of their homes or other buildings in New Orleans as the Coast Guard and U.S. military conduct the largest airlift operation in the nation's history. But some residents are defying calls to leave the city.

The leaders of the eight leading industrial countries blame "extremists" for the escalating crisis in the Middle East. But a joint G-8 statement offers no diplomatic solutions. Britain's Tony Blair and the U.N.'s Kofi Annan call for an international peacekeeping force to end the violence. The G-8 summit wraps up Monday.

Hollywood's biggest night --- the 81st Annual Academy Awards — is just around the corner. This year's nominees represent a broad range portrayals, from growing up in India's poorest areas and a man who ages backwards, to a mother who is facing an unthinkable family tragedy. Author and film historian Esther Iverem takes listeners inside the race for the Oscars, and looks at nominees of color.

French president Jacques Chirac tells the nation that he will sign a controversial new youths-job law, but that the time period in which an employee younger than 26 could be fired would be reduced to one year. Also an employer would be obligated to give a reason for any dismissal.