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A National Magazine Award nominee discusses his 'New Yorker' story about an al-Qaeda operative.
From a U.S. warehouse, the Yousefzai family broadcasts 24 hours of daily programming.
April 29, 2008 · In the new video game Grand Theft Auto IV, right after you've hijacked a car, you can turn on the car radio and pick from a variety of stations — one of which might sound familiar to public radio listeners.
April 27, 2008 · For two years, the Democratic presidential contender had refused invitations from the network. But now, Obama sees Fox as a way to reach socially conservative, blue-collar voters.
April 26, 2008 · New York Times reporter Barry Bearak was arrested in Zimbabwe three weeks ago and held in a Harare jail for four days. A first-person account of his experience will appear in Sunday's Times. He tells his story to Andrea Seabrook.
April 26, 2008 · A new documentary series Carrier, which premiers Sunday on PBS, looks at the people on board who keep an aircraft carrier running, like the cooks, the navigators and those in charge of arming and de-arming the jets. The show's producer and a the ship's master chief talk about the series.
April 24, 2008 · Jason Killingsworth, Paste Magazine editor, discusses XNA, a new Microsoft product that enables users to build original video game content that can then be rendered to play on XBox game consoles.
April 24, 2008 · The New York Times published a blockbuster article about a Pentagon program to manage its media message through close ties to retired generals. Now a television critic looks at why a major story had so little impact.
April 22, 2008 · Rupert Murdoch's purchase of The Wall Street Journal was greeted with dire predictions of his strong-arming editors at the well respected paper. After a relatively quiet period and some good reviews of his early tenure, the questions have been raised again by the departure of editor Marcus Brauchli.
April 20, 2008 · In rural southwestern Virginia, Mary and John Peluso meticulously assemble microphones modeled after some of the world's legendary — and infamous — microphones, but at a price today's musicians can afford.
April 21, 2008 · Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United States has ended. Over the weekend, the pope made a radio address on the Catholic Channel on Sirius Satellite Radio.
April 18, 2008 · The ad campaign for the new film Forgetting Sarah Marshall includes big-city billboards with slogans that attack the title character. The ads are turning heads, especially among the many REAL Sarah Marshalls. Three Sarahs talk about life in an unexpected spotlight.
April 17, 2008 · News that The Weather Channel is up for sale prompts a profile of one of the many fans of the privately owned cable TV operation.
April 12, 2008 · Election stories about voters can be a peculiar challenge for reporters, as NPR's Don Gonyea knows. First, you have to find voters who will open up, but — just as important — you have to get their names.
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Hummer is taking on a new marketing approach with the release of its smaller and more affordable H-3 model in hopes of broadening its appeal. Slate ad critic Seth Stevenson offers a review of the ad campaign.
Do ads that pit Mac coolness against IBM-clone clunkiness come off as too "mean spirited?"
Dori Hadar is an obsessive collector of vinyl recordings. He goes from second-hand store to flea market to vinyl collector's web-site seeking to expand his collection. On one expedition he came across a treasure trove of records by Mingering Mike, soul superstar of the 60's and 70's who released over fifty albums in just ten years. Never heard of him? Neither had Dori, until that day. Xeni Jardin reports
The infrastructure of the Internet is being housed in so-called "Internet carrier hotels."
Taken about an hour before meals, it prevents the body from absorbing some of the fat in food.