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Carl reads three news-related limericks: Lawfully Wedded PayPal, The Rat Race, The Absolut Truth.

John Lewis is a congressman from Georgia, a pillar of the civil rights movement and an author. Lewis is getting ready to release March, the new graphic novel of his life.

Kyle Morton, leader of the Portland, Ore. musical collective Typhoon, can trace the start of his songwriting career back to one life-altering bug bite.

Big-time soccer finally has a major American television contract, but it's not the LA Galaxy or Chicago Fire. Barclays Premier League Football, perhaps the most popular sports league in the rest of the world, includes Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and West Ham. Host Scott Simon talks with Sports Business Journal's John Ourand about why NBC Sports Network is airing British football.

Iraq and Afghanistan War vets have strong misgivings about the idea of military strikes in Syria, especially in the absence of congressional authorization.

The man, who was 17 when the crime took place, is one of six accused in a case that has shocked the nation and sparked international outrage.

The government in Shanghai says 26 other people were also hurt in the leak and that six of them are in critical condition.

President Obama, speaking from the Rose Garden, said he'd decided to use military force against Syria, but was also seeking congressional authorization for the action.

At the White House Saturday, Obama spoke about the possibility of a U.S. strike against Syria in response to the regime's alleged use of chemical weapons. While he said the U.S. should take military action, Obama said he would seek congressional authorization first.

A quarter century ago, Joost Hiltermann of the International Crisis Group investigated chemical attacks against civilians in Iraq, and says recent images from Syria bring back the "horrible events" of Saddam Hussein's regime.