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  • Chappy Hardy, a.k.a. the Man from Hunger, was forced by Hurricane Katrina to leave his beloved New Orleans. But his search for good, economical eating continues in New York. He finds a low-priced, top-notch burger in the East Village.
  • John Kerry's smile and the Bush-Cheney campaign's fearful rhetoric are among the latest targets for two of America's top political cartoonists. Mike Peters and Mike Luckovich talk with NPR's Renee Montagne about the 2004 presidential campaign.
  • In a world that wants everyone partnered up, this comic by Meghan Keane and LA Johnson offers tips from the experts on how to find peace with singleness and live a full life on your own terms.
  • New campaign numbers coming indicate that we might see our first billion-dollar campaign. John Dickerson, chief political correspondent for the online magazine Slate talks about the two top Democrats who currently outpace candidates from both parties.
  • By Eileen Fleminghttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wwno/local-wwno-901322.mp3New Orleans, La. – Serpas took his oath of office from…
  • Pregnant women in Louisiana die at a rate twice the national average, making the state the deadliest place in the country for having a baby.A new study…
  • Noah talks to architect Cesar Pelli about the world's tallest buildings. Pelli designed what is currently the world's tallest: the Petronas Towers in Malaysia. Those will soon be dwarfed by a tower in Shanghai, China. And Donald Trump has plans for a still-taller skyscraper in lower Manhattan. Pelli's own design for a 2,000-foot tall building in Chicago has remained un-built since it was unveiled in 1989. Pelli says there are a lot of hurdles for skyscrapers to overcome before completion. He says with extremely tall buildings, the architect must view the process as adding a story at the BOTTOM, not the top -- to account for all the services, wires, elevators, and so forth that go into making a building work.
  • The results are in: teams Ramrod and Trampoleen are the winners of Ball State University's second annual Pumpkin Drop. See photos of the pumpkin-protecting winning designs and hear the sound of winning pumpkins.
  • Had he not been stopped by police, Buffalo Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia told ABC News on Monday, the alleged perpetrator would have driven away in search of more victims.
  • Pakistani troops are in the fifth day of a fierce battle with al Qaeda fighters near the Afghan border. But doubts arise that Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden's top deputy, is the focus of the fighting. Hear NPR's Linda Wertheimer.
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