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NPR's Ari Shapiro and others join the Pink Martini co-founder in a journey through popular song.

Dining on the doomed ship Titanic was epic, and many people are recreating those feasts to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the ship's demise. First-class passengers feasted on oysters, foie gras, and other luxuries.

The big-screen version of The Last Airbender was a box-office disaster, panned by critics and loathed by fans of the popular TV series it was based on. Now, as NPR's Neda Ulaby reports, the original show's creators have been given the rare chance to rebuild their franchise with a new series.

Robert Siegel speaks with Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, about what can be learned from rocket failures like North Korea's.

Republican candidates are now running against Democratic candidates in Wisconsin's Democratic primaries. The state Republican Party describes them as protest candidates. Most people refer to them as fake Democrats.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Pre-dawn tornado sirens have sounded in Oklahoma City. Forecasters say they're just an early signal of what could be a day of…

Since the shooting death of Travyon Martin in February, the city of Sanford, Fla., has become a flashpoint for protests, rallies and calls for justice. Now that neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman has been arrested and charged with Martin's murder, the city has an opportunity to regroup. NPR's Greg Allen reports.

This week, when Democratic consultant Hilary Rosen said Ann Romney "never worked a day in her life," she kicked off a controversy expressed in short political gists: Tweets. Guest host Linda Wertheimer muses on how the news cycle is shortening into mere moments.

Weekends on All Things Considered host Guy Raz checks-in with Three-Minute Fiction judge Luis Alberto Urrea to hear how the reading process is going and to hear some of his favorite stories thus far.

In recent weeks, the Obama administration has faced criticism from some presidents who say the U.S. approach to the drugs trade has simply generated more violence in Latin America. That wasn't the only thorny issue the president faced during the Summit of the Americas in Colombia.