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  • The president became the first U.S. head of state to attend a parade to mark the day India adopted its constitution.
  • Tim Minchin, the comic singer and songwriter, came to our studio on a hot, sticky summer day earlier this year and said it reminded him of Christmas, at home in Australia. Here, he performs his song, "White Wine in the Sun."
  • Since 1986, Ted Kooser has written an annual Valentine's Day poem and sent it to an ever-growing list of women. Now, he's collected those poems in a new book, Valentines.
  • Dozens of companies across the U.S. are offering freebies and discounts to veterans and active-duty military members on Veterans Day.
  • Several cast members are asking for millions of dollars they say is their fair share of revenues from T-shirts, DVDs and other Happy Days merchandise. The lawsuit was sparked when one of the actors saw the show's characters' on slot machines at a casino. CBS and Paramount tried to dismiss the claim, but a judge has cleared the way for the case to go to trial.
  • Ophira Eisenberg teams up with John Hodgman for a spirited reading of the poem popularly known as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," with the lines rewritten to be about some less popular holidays.
  • Forty years ago today, Israel began a short war with its Arab neighbors. It lasted six days — and it expanded the territory controlled by the Jewish state. Over 40 years, we've learned much about what really occurred before, during, and after the fighting. Producer John McDonough has prepared a story that recounts how the events of 1967 were reported.
  • The restaurant chain carried on a social media tradition of trying to outwit Apple's product announcements. Denny's succeeded — generating twice as many re-tweets and favorites as Apple.
  • The Idaho Potato commission is launching a limited-edition scent: A potato perfume designed to smell like a fresh batch of french fries.
  • NPR's Noah Adams speaks to Slate legal analyst Dahlia Lithwick about how the results of the upcoming presidential race might affect the makeup of the Supreme Court of the United States. Lithwick says most current speculation about which judge is likely to retire -- and who Kerry or Bush would nominate to replace them -- is way off base.
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