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The Law and Justice Center is expanding to increase support for people with mental health issues. The Bloomington City Council approved an agreement…

The controversial new fat substitute Olestra is making its way to supermarket shelves. The Food and Drug Administration approved Olestra earlier this year for use in snack foods such as chips and crackers. Proctor and Gamble, which makes Olestra, says it will allow people to eat potato chips without the fat. Critics say Olestra causes gastrointestinal distress, and robs the body of important nutrients. Frito Lay is the first to come out with a product line based on olestra. The company is now test marketing the chips in three cities around the country. NPR's Joe Palca travelled to one of those test cities, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to see what kind of reception Olestra was getting.

An urgent text message had gone out saying authorities in Gotham City were on the hunt for a green and purple 1978 Dodge 3700GT. That car would be easy to spot: the Joker drove in 1989's Batman.

Somali Bantu refugees in Salt Lake City are experiencing the American holiday season for the first time. They find the excitement of Christmas contagious, even if some confusion may linger over telling Santa from an NBA mascot.

In neighborhoods throughout New Orleans, black men don Indian costumes they worked on all year -- suits they carefully stitch and bead by hand. Like much of the city, the "Big Chiefs" have mixed feelings about celebrating Mardi Gras just months after Hurricane Katrina took its devastating toll.

The New Orleans Social Club, a loose affiliation of famed New Orleans musicians, are trying to restore a bit of the city's musical heritage with a new CD — and in the process, restore a piece of their own lives washed away by Hurricane Katrina.

The word "voodoo" might summon dark notions of pin-stuck dolls and sacrifical chickens; but in New Orleans, voodoo is a real spiritual tradition blending elements of African religions, Catholicism and the Pentecostal Church. Neda Ulaby wondered how some of the city’s voodoo faithful have fared away from their spiritual center.

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a short-term fix for a staggeringly expensive problem: Every year, more than 850 billion gallons of sewage flows into the nation's rivers, lakes and bays.

A high school with students who will graduate at age 20 -- after sharing classrooms with confirmed trouble-makers -- in inner city Detroit would seem to be a recipe for academic disaster. But one high school is beating the odds, and even attracings students to apply or transfer.

Cities often get nicknames. Just don't call San Francisco "Frisco" or "San Fran" — locals generally despise that. Why then is the San Francisco Giants baseball team selling a "San Fran" T-shirt?