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  • Sans Forgetica: A Font To Remember
    NPR's Scott Simon speaks with typography lecturer Stephen Banham of RMIT University about a new font he helped develop to assist people in remembering what they've read.
  • Visitors wear masks at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in October. The museum's director says the Met is considering selling art to pay for operating expenses.
    The Met Considers Selling Its Art To Stave Off Financial Shortfall
    New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art faces a shortfall of $150 million. Museum Director Max Hollein tells NPR that the Met is considering selling art to cover operating expenses.
  • Joseph Patton, at home in Santa Monica, Calif., told StoryCorps last year that he was given an undesirable discharge for being friends with openly gay men in the military.
    A Gay Veteran Remembers Serving In Silence
    It's been 10 years since President Obama moved to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Joseph Patton was discharged from the the Navy for befriending gay men, before openly gay Americans could serve.
  • At 555 feet above Washington, the work begins.
    How Do You Mend A Broken Monument? Call The 'Difficult Access Team'
    They're engineers. They're interested in rock-climbing. They don't mind being uncomfortable. And they've been dangling from the sides of the 555-foot Washington Monument.
  • Tourist guides sit on camels as they wait for clients next to the Giza pyramids on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, June 23. Tourism in Egypt has dropped 35 percent overall in the first half of this year compared with the same period in 2010.
    Egypt's Political Turmoil Drives Foreign Tourists Away
    Revolution and tourism don't mix. Just ask the Egyptians. The tourism industry is crucial for Egypt's economic well-being, but foreigners have been staying away since the upheaval in February that ousted President Hosni Mubarak.
  • Rep. Billy Long talks with President Obama after arriving in Joplin, Mo., to visit tornado victims. The Tea Party freshman has faced criticism over his efforts to get federal aid for his Missouri district, which includes Joplin.
    A Foe Of Big Government Seeks Aid For Joplin
    As a Tea Party freshman, Rep. Billy Long is one of the most conservative House members. But he represents Joplin, Mo., a city devastated by a powerful tornado — and helped by millions of dollars of federal relief spending.
  • Libyans flee on foot along the main road heading west, away from Sirte, on Tuesday. Sirte, cut off from the rest of the country, is the last major town controlled by forces loyal to toppled dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
    In Libya, Some Just Learning Of Gadhafi's Downfall
    In Libya, refugees are streaming out of Sirte, the last major town still in the hands of forces loyal to ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi. Cut off from the rest of the country, without electricity, many knew nothing of recent rebel advances, including the fall of the capital, Tripoli.
  • U.S. Sells Bunker Busters To Israel
    Two years ago, the Obama Administration secretly authorized the sale of 55 deep-penetrating bombs — or bunker busters — to Israel. That's according to an investigation by Newsweek magazine. The bombs could potentially be used in Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear sites. Weekends on All Things Considered host Guy Raz talks with Eli Lake, the reporter who broke the story.
  • Memphis Center City Commission's "Move-a-long approach" for Downtown Homeless
    By Nicole Erwinhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wkno/local-wkno-808979.mp3Memphis, TN – The Manna house, a hospitality hot spot for…
  • Tennessee Origins Of Value-added Education Data
    By Eleanor BoudreauMemphis, TN – When then University of Tennessee professor Dr. William Sanders first looked at student test-score data from Knox County…
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