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Political conventions aren't what they used to be. Floor fights over platforms and nominees have given way to "unified, happy affairs." NPR News Analyst Cokie Roberts reviews the history of some of the most contentious conventions.

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Water Infrastructure is accepting public comment on a proposed plan to dole out over $100 million dollars in federal funds for stormwater projects across North Carolina.

NPR's Liane Hansen talks with pianist John Bucchino about his new CD, On Richard Rodgers' Piano. Bucchino used the legendary songwriter's 1939 Steinway to record the disc.

Senior news analyst NPR's Daniel Schorr reflects on the 30th anniversary of the resignation of Richard Nixon. Nixon's resignation became effective at noon, Aug. 9, 1974.

An inmate at Bertie Correctional Institution in Windsor has died after an apparent suicide.

In Sindelfingen, Germany, a slow economy weighs heavily on people's minds. Recent changes in many German workers' standard of living have included cuts in unemployment benefits and increased hours of work. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

A new wave of fighting breaks out between supporters of a radical Shiite cleric and U.S. and Iraqi government forces. Clashes are reported throughout southern Iraq and the Shiite-dominated Baghdad slum known as Sadr City. An American military spokesman says 300 Shiite militiamen were killed in one city alone. NPR's Ivan Watson reports.

Graham Allison is an expert on nuclear weapons and national security. In his new book, Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe, he argues that avoiding a catastrophic nuclear event needs to be a higher priority for the U.S. government.

A manufacturer of wood trusses and building components for the construction industry will locate a new manufacturing facility in Robeson County.

Ingrid Jensen has always been fighting stereotypes: "When you look like I look — a blond, white chick from Canada — you're not supposed to sound the way I sound," she once said. The jazz trumpeter talked with host Liane Hansen about her career and music.