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The Beergame App simulates the steps of selling beer from brewer to drinker — revealing a real world problem that can tangle the supply chain.

In the mid-70s, Canadian musician Randy Bachman's favorite guitar went missing. Using the internet, a fan tracked down the stolen instrument.

Some landlords got hurt by tenants who took advantage of eviction bans during the pandemic. Now they can't get any help from a massive $47 billion federal rental assistance program.

Hospitals are in dire need of nurses. There's often 800 people applying to community college nursing programs offering 50 slots. One main reason is that there aren't enough people to teach nursing.

With a U.S. invasion of Iraq looming, archaeologists and art historians are growing increasingly concerned over what will become of ancient monuments and artifacts in the "cradle of civilization" when bombs begin falling. They're also worried about looting of ancient artifacts after a war ends, NPR's Jason DeRose reports.

NPR's Michele Norris talks with NPR's Anne Garrels in Baghdad about Iraq's response to Secretary of State Powell's presentation at the Security Council today. Two of Saddam Hussein's top advisers were made available to reporters in the Iraqi capital shortly after Secretary Powell completed his presentation.

During the 1930s, the Works Progress Administration's Federal Writers' Project interviewed 2,000 former slaves as part of a larger overall effort to record the remarkable history of the diverse American population. Those interviews became the basis for a new HBO documentary, Unchained Memories.

Secretary of State Colin Powell presents U.S. intelligence to the U.N. Security Council, in hopes of persuading members that Iraq is in defiance of U.N. weapons resolutions. NPR's Bob Edwards talks to NPR's Michele Kelemen.

Highland Golf Course in St. Paul, Minnesota has a famous ex-caddy: Peanuts cartoonist Charles Schulz. That helps explain the design of a sand trap on the 15th hole.

Secretary of State Colin Powell delivers detailed evidence against Saddam Hussein to the U.N. Security Council. He lists ways the U.S. says Iraq is continuing to violate U.N. resolutions against weapons development -- and details charges that Iraq has aided terrorists. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with analysts Jessica Tuchman Mathews, president of the Carnegie Endowment and with Judith Yaphe, Senior Fellow at the National Defense University.