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Some people still write with fountain pens. Some still love their old manual and electric typewriters. But typewriter repairmen are a vanishing breed. Up on the eighth floor of the Flatiron Building in Manhattan, Paul Schweitzer has been fixing and cleaning typewriters for 40 years.

The body of Slobodan Milosevic arrives in Belgrade, Serbia on Wednesday, five years after the former Serb President was sent to The Hague to stand trial for war crimes. The Serbian government has refused a state funeral for Milosevic; he will be buried on the grounds of his provincial home.

Last fall, Gunst traveled to northern Italy with Jovial Foods to learn about how olive oil is made and used. When she came back, she created three new recipes that use olive oil as a flavorful ingredient rather than a cooking fat.

The grassfires in Texas are still burning, but they don't claim human lives or significant additional territory Wednesday. The fires have burned more than 800,000 acres since Sunday, leaving behind blackened fields, thousands of burned and starving cattle, and clouds of dust.

In June 2021, New York police sent the suspect to a hospital for an evaluation after he made a threat at his school. Then, he fell off of law enforcement's radar and bought a rifle earlier this year.

A new poll of likely voters finds support dropping for President Bush and his party on issues of foreign policy and national security -- areas of debate they once dominated.

Former vice presidential aide Lewis Libby, indicted for leaking a CIA agent's identity, has testified that any classified information he may have leaked to a reporter was authorized for release by President Bush through the vice president. The claim is included in court documents released Thursday.

American forces are evacuating thousands of U.S. citizens from war-torn Lebanon. But smaller evacuations take place quite often and receive barely a mention in the media — the evacuation of families and non-essential personnel from U.S. embassies in countries that have become dangerous.

Seu Jorge gained prominence with his unconventional take on David Bowie in the film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. On tour to promote his album Cru, he talks to Scott Simon about his work.

A state judge imposes a $1 million a day fine against the Transport Workers Union for defying a state law that prohibits strikes by public employees. Millions of commuters are struggling to get around New York City after subway and bus workers walked off the job early Tuesday morning.