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This is different from Kickstarter, which facilitates gifts, not investments. On the new federally regulated sites, you'll be able to make an investment, although there's no guarantee it will pay off.

Boehner has eaten breakfast at the Capitol Hill restaurant for nearly 20 years. "All of us call him John-John. None of us call him House speaker, none of us call him by that," owner Gum Tong said.

After taking off in Egypt on a flight to St. Petersburg, Russia, the aircraft crashed in the Sinai Peninsula. Egyptian officials say there were no survivors.

Leaders of the three countries gather in Seoul to talk over trade potential and attempt to put aside longstanding tensions over history and territorial matters.

As one sport's season comes to a close another is just beginning. NPR's Tom Goldman and NPR's Scott Simon discuss the World Series and take a first look at the NBA season.

While it's a popular sport overseas, rugby has struggled to get a strong foothold in the U.S. One program in Memphis, Tenn., is now having a lot of success, earning even international attention.

News of the attack closely followed a similar one on another publisher, who was set upon in his office along with two other people, both of them writers.

At 81, feminist Gloria Steinem says she feels free of the "demands of gender." Maureen Corrigan reviews The Witches, by Stacy Schiff. Carrie Brownstein describes finding (and hiding) herself in music.

"After 21 years of teaching in grades 1-6 I have no answers as to why this is a problem now," Ann Marie Corgill wrote, refusing to pay fees and take tests for another state certification.

As China starts allowing families to have two children, The Wall Street Journal's China editor Carlos Tejada explains the economic reasons fueling the change.