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Curry was the longtime editor of the magazine Emerge, a syndicated columnist and winner of numerous awards for his reporting and commentary. He died Saturday of sudden heart failure.

Weekend Edition works hard to bring you the stories that matter. But they have to sift out the ones that don't. Sometimes they're still worth a mention, like this week's Olympics-themed dead pitch.

Lou Pearlman, the impresario behind boy band giants such as the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC, has died in prison while serving a 25-year sentence tied to a $300 million Ponzi scheme.

Caster Semenya spoke after her win at the women's 800-meter Olympics race. She wouldn't address a direct question about intersex athletes, but she did talk about the need to be free to be who you are.

At least four explosions hit a suburb of Damascus, and earlier in the day, two car bombs struck Homs. The attacks come on the same day negotiators reported progress in Syrian cease-fire talks.

For a show whose host has dual U.S.-Canadian citizenship, a new policy prompts criticism — and jokes — north of the border.

David Greene and Steve Inskeep look back on the career of Hollywood director Curtis Hanson, who died on Tuesday at age 71. Hanson was also an Oscar-winning screenwriter.

For years Bassam Al Abbas and his family navigated foreign languages and vetting systems before eventually settling in Austin, Texas, in May.

It's a major step forward on a key portion of last year's nuclear deal with Iran, and is seen as a test case on doing business with that country. The planes will help modernize Iran's aging fleet.

The Anti-Defamation League is hiring a Silicon Valley representative to lead efforts to combat anti-Semitism and other hate speech online, says CEO Jonathan Greenblatt.