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  • Bob Dylan's <em>Tempest</em> features 10 new songs with many feisty, baffling, sometimes beautiful moments.
    Bob Dylan's Baffling And Sometimes Beautiful 'Tempest'
    Critic Ken Tucker says that some songs on Tempest sound less like concentrated efforts than outpourings of rambling thoughts; others are as precisely crafted as any Bob Dylan has written.
  • U.S. Teachers Pay Close Attention To Chicago
    Chicago public school students are out of school for a second straight day because of a teachers' strike. But the main sticking point isn't pay. Teachers are fighting a series of reforms that are being implemented in school systems around the country. Host Michel Martin speaks with Chicago Public Radio's Education Reporter Linda Lutton.
  • Does Political Mommy Talk Make You Cheer Or Gag?
    Both major party presidential campaigns are focusing on family this election season. Some parents relate to the personal stories, but others say the candidates are just pandering. Host Michel Martin takes a look at how family is playing out in this campaign. She checks in with moms Leslie Morgan Steiner, Jolene Ivey, Dani Tucker and Gayle Trotter.
  • President Obama stands with Defense Defense Leon Panetta (left) and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, as they place their hands over their hearts at the Pentagon Memorial,Tuesday, during a ceremony to mark the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in Arlington, Va.
    Lower-Key Ceremonies For This Year's Sept. 11 Commemoration
    The 11th anniversary of the attacks is being observed with a moment of silence and speeches by President Obama at the Pentagon and by Vice President Joe Biden at Shanksville.
  • Speaker of the House John Boehner says he has little of hope of reaching a resolution on the so-called "fiscal cliff."
    Moody's Warns Of Downgrade If Congress Doesn't Move On Fiscal Cliff
    Speaker John Boehner also said that he had little hope of bringing the issue to a resolution.
  • The Mysterious Case Of China's Disappearing Heir Apparent
    Xi Jinping, the next in line to succeed President Hu Jintao, has missed important meetings in the past week, with officials offering no explanation for his sudden disappearance.
  • Isaac delays opening of Raceland market
    The opening of the Lafourche Central Market, which had been delayed by Hurricane Isaac, has been rescheduled for Sept. 15.The Daily Comet reports the…
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a joint press conference with his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borissov, not seen, in Jerusalem on Tuesday.
    Netanyahu Says World Has No 'Moral Right' To Stop Israel From Attacking Iran
    The Israeli prime minister sharpened his words, signaling a deeper rift with Washington on how to handle Iran's nuclear program.
  • Eleven-week-old 11-week-old Bretagne is beginning her training as a detection dog at the Penn Vet Working Dog Center, which opens Tuesday. <a href="http://nprfreshair.tumblr.com/post/31346680998/working-dogs-saving-lives-and-giving-interviews">Click here to see photos of Bretagne at the mic during her <em>Fresh Air</em> interview.</a>
    New Center Trains Detection Dogs To Save Lives
    A center for scientists to study what helps dogs succeed in search-and-rescue operations opens Tuesday at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Cynthia Otto, who created the center, and Annemarie DeAngelo, the center's training director, tell Fresh Air why they depend on their canine companions.
  • NOMA plans to reopen Tuesday
    The New Orleans Museum of Art expects to reopen on Tuesday after a clean-up necessitated by Hurricane Isaac.Museum director Susan Taylor tells The…
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