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NPR's Robert Smith tries his hand -- and his thighs -- at curling, which as always will be featured at this year's Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. It looks like a tame sport, but as Smith and his legs found out, it can be strenuous.

The economy's been slowing lately -- but the news doesn't seem to have reached homeowners yet. NPR's Snigdha Prakash reports that the soaring real estate market has many Americans investing in their homes, instead of the stock market.

Much of the focus of the Republican National Convention was about the quest for the presidency -- for 2008, that is. Commentator John Ridley takes a look at the subtle campaign for an election that is only four years away.

The United States is all in on Africa's future. That's what President Biden pledged this week.

The Senate has passed a military spending bill for Israel, Taiwan and Ukraine.

The homeowners were fined thousands of dollars by Mount Dora officials for making their two-story house and surrounding wall look like Van Gogh's famous painting. On Tuesday, the mayor apologized.

The work of the government must not stop because of illness or the absence of the president, a group of former White House chiefs of staff said on Friday.

The retired neurosurgeon and former GOP presidential candidate is an unorthodox pick to lead the agency that oversees affordable housing programs and enforces fair housing legislation.

Parisians don't have to be millionaires to bid on a piece of history. The Drouot auction house offers those who aren't super rich a chance to snag a worthy canvas or piece of furniture.

Congress and the White House ratchet up a confrontation over eight dismissed U.S. attorneys — and how officials will testify in an inquiry of the firings. A House panel has authorized subpoenas. But White House spokesman Tony Snow says that would lead President Bush to withdraw an offer to cooperate.