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Canada's budget also includes billions for new housing and measures to help Canadians trying to get into the market.

Florida has more registered Republicans than Democrats for the first time in years.

Senior news analyst Daniel Schorr looks at the disconnect between American policy toward prisoner abuse by Iraqi police and militias, and American policy toward the treatment of prisoners it holds or has captured.

There are two kinds of people in the portion of North Carolina surrounding Durham and Chapel Hill: Duke fans and North Carolina fans. Will Blythe is NOT a Duke fan. He writes about his obsession with a college basketball rivalry in a new book.

Susan Stamberg talks with three independent booksellers about their choices for summer reading, which range from historical novels to short story collections.

After a devastating storm and flood in 1953, The Netherlands embarked on an ambitious project to protect its shores and prevent future flooding. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, their experience could prove pivotal to preventing future disasters.

Liza Ward's first novel is a fictionalization of the infamous 1958 Nebraska killing spree by Charles Starkweather. Ward talks to NPR's Liane Hansen about her compelling connection to the events.

Pulitzer Prize-winning financial reporter Gretchen Morgenson chronicles the failings of Wall Street regulators in Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed and Corruption led to Economic Armageddon.

We read from comments from Facebook and Twitter as to whether what the Pope has had to say this week has changed minds in America.

1968 was a pivotal year in civil rights history. In our new project, we'll be tweeting news, articles and moments from that year as if it were all happening today.