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A ban on buskers playing bagpipes in a Canadian city has been lifted after an international outcry and anger among the world's top pipers.

The National Rifle Association has had one of the most successful decades in its history, making state and federal laws friendlier to gun owners and dealers. And this year, its annual meeting features a friendly call from Mitt Romney, who expects to have their endorsement for the White House. Robert Siegel talks to Ari Shapiro, who was at the event.

There are few things more intimate and emotionally fraught than carrying someone else's baby — or having someone else carry yours. No one knows that better than Whitney Watts and Susan de Gruchy. Last year, Watts carried de Gruchy's twins through nine months of ups, downs and a fair share of complications.

Sunday nights are overflowing with good TV — Game of Thrones, Mad Men, The Good Wife and more. TV critic Eric Deggans says his DVR looks more like a traffic jam.

This weekend's nuclear negotiations with Iran should provide some indication of whether unprecedented economic pressure can induce a country to reconsider its policies. No country has ever been subject to such sanctions as severe as those currently imposed on Iran. Between the restrictions on Iranian oil imports and the banking and insurance sanctions, Iran has fewer available "work-arounds" than other countries facing sanctions.

Robert Siegel reads letters from listeners about a woman who won a city council seat with only two votes.

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Officials say a tornado that touched down near the University of Oklahoma campus in Norman caused a few minor injuries and some…

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Candidate filing has ended for this year's round of elections for Congress, the Legislature and other elective positions. The…

The Cuban jazz pianist was arrested and nearly deported after entering the U.S. from Mexico. Rodriguez's debut album, Sounds of Space, is a collaboration with his idol, Quincy Jones.

NPR's Sue Goodwin says Hollywood may not always remember the man her father called "Uncle Shemp," but her family does.