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The Bloomington City Council will have a special meeting on Monday to talk about censuring council member Jenn Carrillo.The 5:15 p.m. meeting is a…

The body of a Peoria woman reported missing in November has been found about 100 miles southwest of the city.

In the early 1990s, Chris Wink and Phil Stanton were two underemployed guys in New York City. So they came up with an idea: They'd shave their heads, paint themselves blue and put on a show.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with author and computer cientist David Gelernter about his new book, "1939: THE LOST WORLD OF THE FAIR" The Free Press, a division of Simon & Schuster). The story revolves around what ome believe to be the greatest world's fair to date. Held in New York City in 939, the fair evoked promise and hope for a high-tech future of convenience here anything seemed possible, despite the wake of the depression and the ooming shadow of World War II. Gelernter captures the essence of the fair, hile including his own interpretation of the optimism generated by this mportant event.

NPR's Melissa Block reports from New York City on author alter Mosley's new book, "R.L.'s Dream". The book is currently in stores, W.W. Norton & Company, 1995) and a film version of one of his earlier novels, Devil in a Blue Dress," is about to be released in theaters around the nation. osley has gained notoriety for his Easy Rawlings mystery series, but he has hanged pace in his latest novel, which instead focuses on the essence of the lues. Melissa Block visited the author in his apartment to find out more about osley's recent change in genre.

As a part of Earth Day celebrations, performance artist Alison Knowles took salad making to the extreme in New York City. Knowles chopped romaine lettuce, carrots and cucumbers to the beat of live music. She then tossed the avalanche of salad off a balcony into a giant tarp, where the salad was served up to audience members.

A cleaning crew found the coins after the death of a reclusive man in Carson City, Nevada, earlier this year. When the man was found to have no relatives in the area, researchers followed the trail to a teacher in California. She just needs certification from a judge to claim the chunk of change.

Far-right groups, including the Proud Boys, clashed with Antifa and other counter-protesters, one year after another far-right rally turned violent in the city.

NPR's Guy Raz reports from the eastern German city of Schwerin that since East Germany adopted the West German currency ten years ago, the road to economic reform in the East has been rocky. Although Schwerin has burnished its image, repaving cobblestone streets and restoring historic buildings, the end of Communist rule has meant the loss of jobs for many. Many older residents feel resentment toward Western Germans. However, young people say the real gap is not between Eastern and Western Germans, but between the generations.

A new reality show of sorts has come to the Internet. It's called Reality Run. The idea is to set someone loose on the streets of a major city wired with a microphone and very little money. It is then up to people listening to that live microphone over the 'net to pick up hints about where the person is. The first person who finds the man or woman with the mic wins $10,000. The first "Reality Run" was played in Berlin and will come to the United States soon. Noah talks with "Roger." He was on the run in Berlin until a young woman found him in a Berlin library yesterday. (5:00) The Internet address is http://realityrun.com/