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The 15-month uprising in Syria is proving to be one of the deadliest conflicts in the Arab Spring, and the international community has been unable to help stem the violence. As NPR's Jackie Northam reports, analysts say the situation in Syria is drawing comparisons to the war in Bosnia in the 1990s.

Maine is hosting its first World Invitational Moose Calling Contest as part of the state's annual 2012 Moose Lottery. Contestants will be judged on their moose-calling finesse in four categories: their bull call, cow call, attraction techniques and showmanship. To learn more about the art of moose calling, host Scott Simon talks with competition organizer Roger Lambert.

With the euro-crisis well into its third year, the leaders of the four major eurozone countries tried once again in Rome to reach agreement on how to salvage the single currency. For the first time, the focus shifted away from austerity to growth and job creation. But as NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports, agreement was not reached on how to end the sovereign debt crisis.

LeBron James gets his title: Will he be hated more or less? Guest host David Greene speaks with NPR's Mike Pesca about the Heat's success and the Chicago Cubs' "love for the game," lacking success.

New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn has a notable biography. She's from an Irish family, she's Catholic and gay. Her grandmother survived the Titanic, and her fathers spends every day with her at City Hall. Quinn is widely expected to run for mayor next year, and she tells guest host David Greene that government might get a lot more done if people would just get along.

As his band unveils its ninth album, Oceania, Billy Corgan says he's outgrown the desire to make every release a complete stylistic departure from the previous one.

Boston Conservatory professor Jan Swafford explains how a piece written to celebrate a Russian war victory became the theme song for American independence.

How can we best serve New Orleans and Southeast Louisiana in the future?It's a question we ask ourselves every day. After three years of extensive…

Scientists agree we evolved to eat meat, but some of us may be pushing the limits of consumption. Paleo diet enthusiasts believe meals should be more like early man's, but modern doctors disagree.

One of the fastest growing segments of the charter school movement is online charter schools. For-profit company, K-12 Inc., runs online charters in more than two dozens states and wants to expand to North Carolina. But it's run into fierce opposition from public school districts there.