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  • Karzai Asks U.S. Forces To Leave Key Afghan Province
    The province in question is Wardak, the focus of recent counterinsurgency operations. The Afghan president's move comes amid allegations of torture and disappearances centering on Afghans who are part of the U.S. forces.
  • As Deep Cuts Loom, Continued Appeals For A Deal, Finger-Pointing
    The nation's governors said the automatic spending cuts would hurt state governments, as congressional Republicans and Democrats continue to blame each other for the impasse. Without a last-minute deal, the across-the-board spending cuts go into effect March 1.
  • A man inspects a plastic cover placed over an artwork attributed to Banksy in London. The stencilled image depicts a poor child making Union Jack flags on a sewing machine and is located on the wall of a Poundland discount shop in the Wood Green area of north London.
    Auction Halted Of Banksy Mural Removed In London
    The U.S.-based auction house that was due to sell the work on Saturday, announced that the item was withdrawn from sale. The artwork was expected to fetch between $500,000 and $700,000.
  • Who Won Oscar Gold Last Night?
    From First Lady Michelle Obama handing out the Best Picture award to Best Actress winner Jennifer Lawrence taking a tumble, the 85th Academy Awards was full of surprises. Host Michel Martin recaps the evening with People magazine's movie critic, Alynda Wheat.
  • Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor spoke with NPR in December at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.
    Justice Sotomayor Chastises Asst. U.S. Attorney For Race Baiting In Drug Case
    The court refused to hear the appeal, but Sotomayor took the opportunity for a lesson on racial prejudice in the justice system. Sotomayor issued a stinging statement, saying the attorney's words diminished the dignity of the justice system.
  • Guards just released its debut album, <em>In Guards We Trust</em>.
    Guards: Anthems With Gravitas
    The debut album from the New York trio Guards is big on atmospherics, but also features a grandness of intent that connects the group to acts as varied as U2, Arcade Fire and The Beach Boys.
  • Question 9 on the first page of the 2010 Census form. After more than a century, the Census Bureau is dropping use of the word "Negro" to describe black Americans in its surveys. Instead of the term, which was popularized during the Jim Crow era of racial segregation, census forms will use "black" or "African-American."
    No More 'Negro' For Census Bureau Forms And Surveys
    Many African-Americans complained about the bureau's use of the word during the 2010 Census, calling it offensive and outdated. On Monday, officials said they would stop using it.
  • Rodinia. Mauritia is shoehorned between India and Madagascar.
    Scientists May Have Uncovered Ancient Microcontinent
    Scientists believe a long-lost land mass, sandwiched between the land masses that make up today's India and Madagascar, was lost on the sea tens of millions of years ago.
  • Op-Ed: It's Time To Raise The Minimum Wage
    In his State of the Union address, President Obama proposed a plan to boost federal minimum wage from 7.25 an hour, to 9 dollars. Columnist Robert Reich, Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton, argues that plan is "a no-brainer."
  • The Oasis: February 24, 2013
    The Oasis – Playlist – 2-24-13 – Vince DiCiccio9:00 – 10:00Monty Alexander – Uplift 2-Higher – Jazz Legacy 1020 – “When the Saints Go Marching”Randy…
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