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Kansas man discovers a peculiar ax with a root for a handle in his front yard.

In Colorado, some lawmakers want the companies who are drilling under private properties to compensate the homeowners. Residents bought land and built homes without realizing that they didn't own the mineral rights beneath them. From Aspen Public Radio, Kirk Siegler reports.

Northwest Airlines continues to operate with 1,500 replacement workers covering for 2,900 unionized mechanics and custodians who walked off the job early Saturday morning. Airline officials are claiming victory, but so are union members, who are protesting layoffs and pay cuts.

Three years ago, a huge section of an Antarctic ice sheet broke off and floated away. Now scientists have had a chance to look at what was under the shelf and have discovered huge mats of bacteria and clams. It's a cold seep, a rare phenomenon where methane bubbles up from under the seabed, and the first found in the Antarctic.

Lily Tuck's novel of 19th century Paraguay wins the National Book Award for fiction. Tuck, awarded the prize for her novel The News From Paraguay, was one of five New York women authors nominated for the fiction award. Kevin Boyle won the nonfiction prize for Arc of Justice and Jean Valentine's Door in the Mountain won in the poetry category. Hear NPR's Lynn Neary.

Renee Montagne talks with Afghanistan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah. He is in Washington with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who met with President Bush earlier this week. Abdullah discusses prisoner abuse in Afghanistan, recent anti-American protests and ongoing tensions in U.S.-Afghan relations.

A look at the second season of Starstruck, the romantic comedy series streaming on HBO Max.

A Bloomington-Normal pediatrician says there’s a lot that parents and caregivers can do to improve kids’ sleeping habits, whether or not Congress moves ahead with making permanent Daylight Saving Time (DST).

President Biden is spending time in Poland to show support for allies on NATO's eastern flank nervous about Russia's invasion of Ukraine — and grappling with an influx of refugees from the war.

The Supreme Court reversed a federal appeals court in Boston that had overturned Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence. The 2013 attack killed three people.