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Just in time for Mother's Day, participants in the StoryCorps national oral history project make special recordings with, and for, their moms. Hear a sampling of the conversations recorded in a booth at New York City's Grand Central Terminal.

In Atlantic City, N.J., Democrat John Kerry began a series of campaign speeches that will focus on the economic difficulties facing middle-income Americans. Kerry called the federal budget deficit "reckless" and accused the Bush administration of saddling future generations with debt to pay for tax cuts for the rich. President Bush, meanwhile, said his economic stimulus program was working. Hear NPR's Scott Horsley.

If you think it's cold outside, consider whether your dog shares your shivers. This time of year, many dog owners put coats and other rugged outwear on their pets before heading outdoors.

More than 50 years ago, Groce City college fired Larra Gara from his teaching job. They said he was a communist. Decades later, a researcher found Gara's case and persuaded the college to apologize.

Airstrikes on a clinic in the Afghan city of Kunduz have killed patients and staffers from Doctors Without Borders.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York says he'd wear a Kansas City Royals jersey if he loses. Missouri's Jay Nixon would wear a Mets jersey. That's nothing compared to what Rep. Adam Schiff of California did.

A federal appeals court has overturned a ruling barring a Virginia man from opening a tattoo shop in Key West, Fla. It said the city didn't show the shop would hurt tourism.

The online publication Philadelphia Citizen is offering $10,000 to one lucky voter in the city's mayoral race. A random polling place will be chosen and the prize money will go to a voter there.

A bunch of guys showed up to a New York City park thinking they had a private date with a woman named Natasha — not realizing she'd used the dating app to draw them there for her own Hunger Games.

The Resorts Casino in New York City told Katrina Bookman that she did not win $43 million because of a machine malfunction. The state gaming commission backed up the casino. Now she's suing.