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NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with composer Rhiannon Giddens about the Silkroad Ensemble. A couple of years ago she replaced famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma as the creative director of the ensemble.

Many Americans say they can't live without their pets, but some can't live with them because of unaffordable pet fees.

Meteorologists say when temperatures reached well below zero Friday night, the situation was "scary but fascinating."

One flashpoint in this story has been the racial discrimination lawsuit brought against the league this year by former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores, who is Black and Latino.

Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield are the directors behind the hit nature-documentary series Planet Earth. Their new movie, Earth, uses some of the same footage — but it's "character-based" rather than "habitat based."

The women's FIFA World Cup kicks off this week in Australia and New Zealand.

The Oscar nominees reflect the increasing polarization of the movie business. Only one Best Picture nominee did well at the box office. The rest are limping along, raising the question: Will an audience tune in for an Oscars show about movies it hasn't seen?

The U.S. House has rejected a $700 billion bailout of Wall Street. The rejection is a blow for the Bush administration and for congressional negotiators who backed the deal. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down more than 770 points on the news.

Earlier this week, the Army released its account of what went wrong after the United States invaded Iraq. A military historian who worked on the project and three officers interviewed for the project discuss it.

The acquisition follows Exxon Mobil's acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources just weeks ago.