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Irish comedian Maeve Higgins moved to the U.S. with a visa for artists with "extraordinary abilities." But the myth of the "good immigrant," she says, perpetuates harm and discrimination.

A central Illinois hospital will pay $292,000 dollars to resolve claims that it didn't return overpayments from the government.

Jazz historian Frank Driggs has amassed a collection of some 100,000 photographs and mementoes over the years. The materials, worth an estimated $1.5 million, trace jazz from its beginnings with 1920s road bands to meccas of bop such as Birdland in the 1950s.

Alex Chadwick talks with freelance journalist Kevin Sites about footage he videotaped last November in Iraq that appeared to show a U.S. Marine shooting an unarmed Iraqi in a Fallujah mosque. The U.S. Marine Corps says they won't prosecute the corporal for his actions.

As new ways of receiving radio programs gain hordes of fans -- from satellite services like XM Radio to Internet tools like Audible.com -- a decidedly lo-fi approach is making waves. Low Power FM radio is being touted as an alternative to generic, commercial programming.

In Beyond the Sea, Kevin Spacey plays Bobby Darin, a pop superstar and Oscar-nominated actor who died in 1973 at age 37. Not only did Spacey write, direct and co-produce the film, he also channels Darin in a live musical act currently on tour.

Under a controversial pilot program from the Department of Homeland Security, immigrants who are applying to remain in the United States must wear electronic monitors 24 hours a day. Critics say the program infringes on the civil liberties of people who haven't committed a crime.

When Dr. Maya Bass moved from Oklahoma to Philadelphia, she would regularly fly back to her former home state to perform abortions. Now, she has a different plan.

If it's possible for a classically trained wind quintet to rock the house, Imani Winds blows the roof off. The five musicians came together 10 years ago with a common goal: To show young people of color there's a place for them in all of the arts. Imani Winds' Josephine Baker: A Life Of Le Jazz Hot! is a CD of original music inspired by Baker's life.

This November, for the first time, the World Beard and Moustache Championships come to the United States. More than 100 world class entrants will compete in categories such as English moustache, Musketeer goatee, and Verdi beard. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Phil Olsen, the man who snagged the event for America. See photos of past winners.