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This weekend's British coronation will be about pomp, history and attempts to reflect diversity.

An LA chef and his partner are cooking up recipes using ingredients that require less water to grow and cook with. They want to get us thinking about the resources that go into growing our food.

Updated Nov. 20 to clarify the city's current budget deficit. Updated at 7:00 p.m. Oct. 30 with vote results: Class will be back in session on Monday...

The warring sides in Bosnia have complied with demands in the Dayton peace agreement to pull back from the cease fire lines. NATO troops have moved into a buffer zone separating Bosnians, Serbs and Croats. NPR's Mike Shuster went along with one U.S. Army unit as it searched a section of the cease fire lines for mines and bunkers.

NPR's Melissa Block takes note of a trend among politicians to quote the words of William Butler Yeats. Irish-American politicians tend to quote him most frequently. There are complaints that taking Yeats' lines out of context distorts their meaning and that over-using Yeats can devalue the poet's work, reducing his lines to political cliches.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports from Russia that financially strapped Muscovites have found a new way to make money. Many Russians have gone without paychecks for nearly a year. In the tradition of Moscow, they're standing in long lines. But this time they're standing in lines every two months to sell their blood.

Commentary from Andrei Codrescu tells the tale of his friend George...who's about to have his first name interdicted by John Kennedy Jr because's George's on-line name is like John John's magazine on-line name...can you have exclusive rights to a name.

The Pitch Perfect star started acting when she was 6. Back then, she says, she likely just did it for the attention. "Then it sort of transformed into something that was really meaningful for me."

Spending on campaign ads is up $1 billion from four years ago, according to data from AdImpact, analyzed by NPR. The state that's been the target of the most money is Pennsylvania.

Music has a long history of serving as a way to connect with people. Many times, it’s an extension of language, allowing us to communicate thoughts, feelings, and emotions just by listening.