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Pauline Phillips, better known as the columnist "Dear Abby," died Wednesday at the age of 94.

British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran is taking the U.S. and the U.K. by storm with his Grammy-nominated song "The A Team." He talked to Morning Edition host David Greene about couch surfing his way to success, and before leaving, showed that he's singing our tune, with some NPR love.

The 50 planes owned by airlines around the world have been pulled out of service. The Federal Aviation Administration and other authorities cite an incident in Japan in which one jet's batteries emitted smoke. The Japanese report came a week after a similar incident occurred in Boston.

When a young Quaker woman in 1850s Ohio comes into contact with the Underground Railroad, she faces a dilemma. If she helps the runaways, her family could go to prison and lose their farm. Tracy Chevalier's contemplative novel offers a powerful testament to the force of conscience.

Oxygen has pulled a controversial special before it can even air. But Gene Demby wonders: might there have been a silver lining in what critics have managed to keep from ever seeing the light of day?

Two common questions: 1. Shouldn't more bankers be in jail? 2. How do I get a job in investment banking?

Believe it or not, Food Network's crazy-ingredient competition has more relevance to the home cook than a lot of higher-profile shows.

How The Big Lebowski's Dude is schooling us all in the ways of the Zen. Its all in the abiding.

"We no longer have free enterprise capitalism in health care," John Mackey says. But calling the health care overhaul "fascism" on Morning Edition wasn't the right thing to do because the word "has an association with dictatorships."

In his new book, Jared Diamond explores how hunters and gatherers, herders and farmers live in small-scale societies — and urges the rest of us to learn from their practices. Commentator Barbara J. King ponders why the book is making her tribe — anthropologists — so mad.