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Commentary: DeLay Controversy

By Dave AquinoBuffalo, NY – Editor's note: This is the complete commentary as submitted by the writer. The on-air version included here was heavily edited…

Catholic Charities drive ends surpassing goal

NEWS RELEASE FROM CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF BUFFALO:BUFFALO, N.Y., June 27, 2012 – Catholic Charities of Buffalo officials announced the 2012 Appeal exceeded…

Cooking Everything? Bittman Gets Back To 'Basics'

In his new book, How to Cook Everything: The Basics, Mark Bittman explains with careful instructions and 1,000 colorful photos how to stock your pantry, how to dice vegetables, which knives you should buy — and to really get back to basics — how to boil water. Originally broadcast March 19, 2012.

Holley Mangold successfully completes the 145 kilogram "clean and jerk" lift at the trials for the U.S. Olympic women's weightlifting team in March. Mangold came to weightlifting after trying her hand at several other sports.

At Last, Superheavyweight Finds Her Olympic Niche

Athletic since she was a toddler, Holley Mangold has been dreaming of Olympic glory for nearly as long. It took the onetime football star years to find the sport that would take her to the Olympics. Now 22, 350-pound Mangold has qualified for the U.S. women's Olympic weightlifting team.

Week In Sports: The Nationals And Steven Strasbourg

Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon speaks with Howard Bryant about sports this week and the Nationals' plans for star pitcher Steven Strasbourg.

So far, The Oatmeal has helped raise over $986,000 to save Tesla's lab, Wardenclyffe, on Long Island, N.Y.

Web Cartoonist Raises $1 Million For Tesla Museum

A century ago, Nikola Tesla was a world-famous wizard of electrical engineering. But he fell into obscurity, and his lab on Long Island, N.Y, which was supposed to be his crowning achievement, has long sat derelict. Now a crowdsourcing campaign has brought out donations from Tesla fans around the world.

"To me, the voice is an instrument, just like any other instrument," Regina Spektor says.

Regina Spektor: On Growing Up A 'Soviet Kid'

Spektor spent the first nine years of her life in the Soviet Union, where she and her family faced discrimination as Jews. She talks about Russia and her new album, What We Saw From the Cheap Seats, with Terry Gross.

Students at Garfield Elementary School eat dinner as part of an after-school program in Kansas City, Mo. In the past few years, a federally subsidized school dinner program has spread from six to all 50 states.

Now On The Menu For Hungry Kids: Supper At School

More families in financial stress are relying on schools to feed their children breakfast, lunch and dinner. In the past few years, a federally subsidized school dinner program has spread from six to all 50 states.

Americans have the right to access their medical records, but actually doing so is often complicated, slow and costly.

Opinion: It's Your Right To See Your Medical Records. It Shouldn't Be This Hard To Do

Hospitals and other health care companies often make it hard — and pricey — to get access to your medical data. It doesn't have to be this way.

President Trump's administration is releasing billions of dollars in hurricane relief for Puerto Rico that was supposed to be released by September.

Months After Blowing Deadline, Trump Administration Lifts Hold On Puerto Rico Aid

HUD says it is releasing more than $8 billion in aid to Puerto Rico. The deadline to do so was in September. The aid is for rebuilding after devastating Hurricanes Maria and Irma struck in 2017.

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