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The organization fosters relationships between children pushing through adversity and adults looking to help them. It recently received a $122 million donation from philanthropist Mackenzie Scott.

John Kerry's smile and the Bush-Cheney campaign's fearful rhetoric are among the latest targets for two of America's top political cartoonists. Mike Peters and Mike Luckovich talk with NPR's Renee Montagne about the 2004 presidential campaign.

It took 49 years for people associated with the Ruthmere Mansion in Elkhart to track down the safe's combination. What was in the safe? A sheet of paper with insurance information on it.

For its latest album, the New Orleans funk band laced a new element on top of its groove-based jams: hip-hop MCs. On tour, Galactic visited Mountain Stage with one of its guest stars, Boston rapper Mr. Lif.

Lexington's Ellwood will soon offer what it calls the world's first plant-friendly hotel experience. People can bring their leafy plants into suites selected for plant-friendly natural light.

In his first one-on-one interview with the media since the start of the war in Iraq, Sec. of State Colin Powell talks about expanding the "coalition of the willing" -- and says he has no intentions of stepping down as the nation's top diplomat.

The Pfizer drug company agrees to pay a $430 million fine and plead guilty to illegal marketing practices, U.S. prosecutors say. The unprecedented fine comes after the company admitted that its Warner-Lambert unit promoted Neurontin, an epilepsy drug, for several unapproved uses. The drug remains a top seller for Pfizer, with 2003 sales of $2.7 billion. NPR's Snigdha Prakash reports.

Thomas Edison's music room went unused since the days when he was using it to record the famous at the turn of the century. Lately, some top names have been back there in West Orange, New Jersey, making modern-day wax cylinders, which use no microphone, no electricity.

Passenger Jennifer Schaper, who was the Atlanta to Houston flight, tweeted: They are refusing to leave the gate until someone cleans the rice. When no one confessed, a flight attendant cleaned it up.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Bryce Covert about her report on one of the first babies born in a post-Dobbs America and the circumstances his mother is faced with.