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As Senior Business Editor at NPR, Uri Berliner edits and reports on economics, technology and finance. He provides analysis, context and clarity to breaking news and complex issues.

Frannie Kelley is co-host of the Microphone Check podcast with Ali Shaheed Muhammad.

Monika Evstatieva is a Senior Producer on Investigations.

Jane Arraf covers Egypt, Iraq, and other parts of the Middle East for NPR News.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's ews, including President Clinton and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R-KS) on he budget; Reps. Martin Meehan, (D-MA) , Patrick Kennedy, (D-RI), Gerald olomon (R-NY) on the gun ban; Rep. Tom Lantos, (D-CA) and a supporter of Louis arrakhan; and radio personality Don Imus and Rep. Porter Goss, (R-FL) about mus' comments at a Washington dinner attended by the President.

Showcasing his heartfelt baritone, the singer-songwriter performs material from his newest album.

The device was found Sunday near the Folk Art Center in east Asheville, according to a news release from the National Park Service.

The move comes with Queen Elizabeth II's "approval and agreement," Buckingham Palace said. The announcement comes one day after Prince Andrew lost his bid to quash a sex-abuse lawsuit.

This is the first time in seven years that the Senate has confirmed a director for the ATF.

More than 2,800 dogs competed at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Just one — a German shepherd named Rumor — walked away with Best in Show. But let's not forget to relish the pictures.

Several park-goers have complained that the request for those on roller coasters to remain silent is unrealistic. "If a scream comes out, it comes out," one visitor said.

After Superstorm Sandy, Kathleen Chaney found a bundle of letters along the New Jersey shore. Tied with a pink ribbon and thoroughly soaked, the letters tell the story of a wartime romance.

As a young girl in Vietnam, Van-Anh Vanessa Vo wanted to be a traditional musician although it was a world dominated by men. She pestered a master teacher for three years before he finally gave in.

Americans are paying $75 an hour to hug a cow. The bovine cuddles can boost oxytocin levels in humans.

Each year hundreds of thousands of Latinos set off on a risky journey north to the United States in search of work. Those who make it send back money to relatives remaining behind, but some trips end in tragedy. NPR's Gerry Hadden reports in the first of a three-part series.

Rosa Lee Parks, the woman known as the "mother of the civil rights movement," turned the course of American history by refusing in 1955 to give up her seat on a bus for a white man.

If you were anywhere in the Los Angeles area during lunch time on Monday, you likely felt a little shake -- or a big shake depending on your location.

We'll explore the history of "Hail to the Chief." It will be played twice on Jan. 20, which is Inauguration Day. Once for Barack Obama and once for Donald Trump.

This list tackles history in the making, celebrating women and non-binary musicians whose songs are redefining genres and attitudes and changing our sense of what popular music can be in this century.

Homebuyers in the Charlotte metro area aren't just competing against other people for the limited number of houses for sale. Thousands of homes in the area have been acquired by single-family rental investment companies in the last year.