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"I like when everybody's knees are almost touching and it feels very intimate," the Barefoot Contessa host says. Garten's new memoir is Be Ready When the Luck Happens.

The construction company blamed for the death of one of its workers when the Hopple Street overpass collapsed January 19 has now been fined. The U.S.…

The primary contractor on the Brent Spence Companion bridge project is accused of side-stepping federal regulations on small business, minority, and women-owned business hiring.

Theodore Roosevelt's Elkhorn Ranch is often called the Walden Pond of the West. But the ranch and its pristine land are feeling the pressure of North Dakota's oil boom. Critics say that proposed changes could destroy the solitude that made a lasting impression on Roosevelt.

The National Transportation Safety Board is looking into what caused the two engines on a US Airways jetliner to fail shortly after takeoff Thursday from New York's LaGuardia Airport. The plane ditched in the Hudson River near midtown Manhattan. All 155 people aboard were quickly pulled to safety aboard rescue craft and private boats.

A Guatemalan immigrant without legal status says she took a wrong turn on a highway near the Canadian border and was detained with her two children, who are American citizens. They were held for five days.

Under current laws, if a background check shows your name is on the national terror watch list, you can still purchase a gun. Government data show that people on terrorism watch lists were able to buy guns or explosives after a background check more than 1,300 times between 2004 and 2010.

On Friday, Dr. Lynn Bufka, a licensed psychologist with expertise in treating anxiety and stress, came to NPR to answer questions online about coping with stress. Here are some highlights.

Essayist Tim Brookes recently got a puppy, and discovered a new form of geekdom: dog breeding. Having grown up with mutts, he's stunned to learn that $600 was a good price and that dozens of new flavors of doggie have been invented.

Caitlin Behle and John Sebastian are passionate supporters of local music - and local beer.They started Drunk Music Reviews in 2011 as an extension of…