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Sunday is the first day of the NATO summit in Chicago. Weekends on All Things Considered host Guy Raz talks with the U.S. Ambassador to NATO, Ivo Daalder about the Alliance's future, and with Vijay Prashad, a professor of international studies at Trinity College, who argues NATO is bad for the world. We also hear reports on the kickoff of the summit from NPR's Jacki Northam and on the protests from Cheryl Corley.

She closed the book, placed it on the table, and finally, decided to walk through the door. Her son lay dying on the other side, his blue, pale skin in stark contrast to the bright red blanket on his bed. His gray eyes looked at her dully as she entered the room.

The end of Round 8 of our Three-Minute Fiction contest has finally arrived. We've read through more than 6,000 stories, and now our judge for this round, novelist Luis Alberto Urrea, has picked his favorite.

In this week's podcast of weekends on All Things Considered, inside the JPMorgan debacle. Also, the story behind a mysterious pediatric disease, Milkwriter Dustin Lance Black on the movie he could watch a million times, and our 3MF winner. Plus, musicians John Mayer, and Adam Lambert.

Valtari's collection of gorgeous, moody sound-washes fits right into the band's remarkable catalog. Timeless and utterly distinct, it could have come from Iceland circa 2000 or the prettiest spot on Mars circa 2080.

The long-running band's new album is full of unabashed electronic odes to pop's gravitational pull. This is Saint Etienne wide-eyed and writ large.

President Obama presents himself as a pragmatic reformer. But Fred Barnes of The Weekly Standard argues that he has squandered his likability factor by attempting to going after Romney's personality, and not his policies.

Download the score of a piece commissioned by NPR Music to honor the composer's 75th birthday, learn the music and then come sing the very first performance with us on June 21 in the heart of Manhattan.

Rita Benson LeBlanc will become vice chairman of the board of the New Orleans Saints and Dennis Lauscha will take over as president of the team.Owner Tom…

NATO will hold a summit this week in Chicago. It comes just after a meeting of the Persian Gulf kingdoms. Robert Haddickof Foreign Policy argues that NATO has been one of the most successful military alliances in history — and that the Gulf countries could learn from its example.