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Christopher E. Kubasik's relationship, the company said, came to light during an investigation. Marillyn A. Hewson will instead take his place as CEO next year.

President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner both made their opening bids Friday on how to deal with tax, spending and debt problems. Their proposals sound strikingly familiar, but Obama says this time he has proof the majority of Americans agree with his approach to taxes.

The country is disputing a new report that names it as the world's leading jailer of journalists, with scores behind bars — ahead of Iran, China and other authoritarian states. Ongoing international attention to Turkey's treatment of the media has raised hope that reforms could be forthcoming.

CIA director David Petraeus has resigned after admitting to an extramarital affair. Host Scott Simon talks to NPR's Tom Bowman about this latest development in the former general's storied career.

Florida officials said the president had 50 percent of the vote to Romney's 49.1 percent. His win of the state's 29 electoral votes gives Obama a total of 332 electoral votes to Mitt Romney's 206.

Bobby McDonald's wife, a nursing student who works at a hospital, fell asleep after a long shift. McDonald thought he had a good shot at winning a seat on the Walton, Ky., city council, so he didn't wake her up to vote.

Back in the 1970s, U.S. drivers faced two separate oil crises that led to long lines at gas stations. Many Americans feared it would be a recurring nightmare, but gas lines have been rare over the past three decades.

Skip Sterling's artwork for the 2013 NPR Wall Calendar was inspired by his perception of our journalists' work: "I've always thought of NPR as a buzzing beehive of reporters who investigate issues all over the world as well as explore the smallest facets of everyday life."

Now considered one of Verdi's masterpieces, the opera flopped on its first run and carries the stigma of cursing those who perform it to terrible fates.

To mark NPR Music's "Wooden Anniversary," we put together an unofficial NPR Music Anthology of five special moments in its history. From its roots as a online show to the NPR Music we know today, each of the events was at the time a landmark achievement and in some cases set the industry standard.