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Harry Whittington, the Texas lawyer shot by Vice President Dick Cheney in a hunting accident Saturday, suffers a mild heart attack Tuesday while undergoing evaluation of his condition. Doctors are optimistic about his recovery, but will keep him in the hospital another week.

Daniel James Brown tells the story of the University of Washington rowing team at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

Bill reads three news-related limericks: Crackuccino, Your Dad's Favorite Singer, Blondie Lama.

In his second poetry collection, The New Testament, Jericho Brown weaves together strains of religious invocations with his uneasy identity as a southern, gay, black man into a beguiling self myth.

As the tech industry prepares to descend on Austin, the breakout themes and apps of this year's festival remain unclear.

The New York Assembly Standing Committee on Environmental Conservation is holding hearings on climate change. The members are assessing the causes and…

The Republican National Convention in Tampa has canceled almost all events for Monday night, citing Tropical Storm Isaac. Convention organizers made that announcement saying safety is their primary concern. NPR's Jeff Brady joins guest host Laura Sullivan.

There is a settlement between Google and the major publishers over Google's initiative to scan the world's books.

Dick Cheney, 71, was in a Virginia hospital following a heart transplant Saturday. Host Laura Sullivan talks with NPR's Rob Stein about the former vice president's health.

The blockbuster movie Logan brings to the fore the moral choices of those in power as they apply scientific knowledge. It is so utterly sad it's painful to watch, says astrophysicist Marcelo Gleiser.