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This year, we've said goodbye to political icons, such as George H.W. and Barbara Bush. Also Sen. John McCain. But there were other noteworthy politicians whose passing you may have missed.

NPR's Michel Martin talks with former mayor of Philadelphia, W. Wilson Goode, Sr., about his recent op-ed calling for the city to apologize for the MOVE bombing, which took place 35 years ago.

Originally focused on Northwest Ohio farmers, H2Ohio is now enrolling farmers from all 88 counties. The water quality program aims to protect lakes and waterways from toxic slime and pollution.

Steve Inskeep is a host of NPR's Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.

A farmer and a general store owner in West Virginia describe how they made it through the weekend, which brought about four feet of snow to their communities.

George W. Bush did something today that he hadn't in 66 months as president -- he vetoed a bill passed by Congress. The legislation would have eased restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. President Bush imposed the restrictions in 2001.

For conductor Marin Alsop, Bernstein's idiosyncratic Second Symphony — inspired by W.H. Auden's poem The Age of Anxiety — is a musical quest to answer life's big questions with time out to throw a hip-swinging party.

Mike Gerson, the Washington Post columnist and former speechwriter for George W. Bush, died this week from cancer at the age of 58. NPR's Scott Simon has an appreciation.

The influential vocalist played a key role in shaping the funk and R&B sound of the 1970s.

In its 1977 review, the Dallas Morning News called Chewbacca a "Wookie." Now, on the film's 40th anniversary, the long national nightmare has ended. The correct spelling is "Wookiee."