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This evening on Symphony @ 7 we have a "bear" of a symphony by Franz Joseph Haydn--a dancing bear, that is. Â His Symphony No. 82 in C is nicknamed "The…

As April struggles to free itself from winter's grasp, it brings sweet indications of spring - and also National Poetry Month. Join me this Saturday at 6…

A federal judge is allowing Ohio's next scheduled execution to proceed, concluding that the state is serious about following its lethal injection…

After more than $144,000 in repairs, the Goodale Park pond is still losing water. Problems with the pond started last year after it was drained to add a…

Ohio State University has taken the next step in a controversial plan to possibly privatize its parking operations. The university is, until the end of…

Ohio State University held a town-hall type meeting to discuss safety issues on campus, and how officials plan to address growing concerns going forward.…

Huge crowds of Iraqi Shiite Muslims converge in Karbala, Iraq. They are making a pilgrimage for one of Shiite Islam's holiest celebrations -- one banned for decades by Saddam Hussein. Some Shiite leaders hope pilgrims will demonstrate against the United States. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports, and NPR's Melissa Block talks to Mahmoud M. Ayoub, professor of Islamic studies and comparative religion at Temple University.

U.S. forces in Baghdad hope to gather useful information from the capture of one of Saddam Hussein's half-brothers. He once headed Iraq's secret police and ran Iraqi intelligence operations in Europe. Meanwhile, looting continues, and the question many people are asking is "Who's in charge?" Hear NPR's Jennifer Ludden and NPR's Jackie Northam.

The Organization of the Islamic Conference prepares for an emergency summit in Qatar to discuss the impending U.S. attack on Iraq. Meanwhile, the six countries that make up the Gulf Cooperation Council agree to deploy forces in Kuwait to help thwart any Iraqi attack. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports.

On Sept. 11, 2001, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) recorded the voices of military airspace controllers after planes crashed into the World Trade Center. Those tapes, previously withheld from the public, show an air traffic control system in disarray.