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Democratic Senator Pushes For More Sanctions Against Iran, Not Fewer

Sen. Bob Menendez is one of several high-profile Democrats who have voiced skepticism of an interim nuclear deal with Iran. Audie Cornish talks to Menendez his concern over easing economic sanctions on the country. Menendez wants to be able to enforce old sanctions and impose new ones if Iranian officials don't hold up their end of the deal.

What's The Most Important Thing Food Labels Should Tell Us?

Food labels have become battlegrounds. Government regulators, companies and food movement activists have been fighting over what belongs on the label. (GMOs? Trans fats? Claims that bran prevents heart disease?) We asked four big thinkers for their dream food label.

John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline Kennedy, campaign in New York in 1960.

How JFK Fathered The Modern Presidential Campaign

Candidate John F. Kennedy was young, energetic and handsome, and he knew how to harness the power of mass media. Fifty years after the president's death, candidates are still following his lead.

Whoever Honduras Elects President Faces Tough Road, Broke Country

Hondurans went to the polls this Sunday to elect a new president. The Central American country has a whole host of problems to deal with, including the highest levels of violence in the world and increased drug cartel activity. Most pressing, though, the new leader will inherit a failing economy. Honduras is broke. It just borrowed, for the first time, $500 million on the international bond market, but that wasn't even enough to bail the country out of its devastating financial troubles.

Dee Faught tests a robotic arm installed on his wheelchair in September. Commercially produced robotic arms can cost tens of thousands of dollars, but three Rice engineering students built one for Dee for about $800.

'The Coolest Thing Ever': How A Robotic Arm Changed 4 Lives

For a class project, three engineering students at Rice University devised an inexpensive robotic arm to help a teenager with an uncommon bone disease.

Syrian Human Rights Defender Honored

Hanadi Zahlout has been an activist in Syria since before the revolution began, and has been imprisoned three times for her work. The State Department awarded her its Human Rights Defenders Award last week. Zahlout tells her story to host Rachel Martin.

It's health results — not the number of treatments — that should count, leaders say.

Congress Poised To Permanently Fix Its Medicare Payment Glitch

After a decade of kicking the ball down the road, Congress appears ready to repeal its payment formula for Medicare and replace it with a whole new system. This time, doctors would be paid according to the quality of results they produce, rather than the number of services they provide.

First international CD release by the North Carolina Symphony

By George Olsenhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/pre/local-pre-838759.mp3"American Spectrum" - North Carolina SymphonyNew Bern, NC –…

Lenoir County's Crime Rate Higher Than State Average

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/pre/local-pre-1016996.mp3Lenoir County's Crime Rate Higher Than State AverageNew Bern, NC – Across the…

Mitt Romney waves to supporters as he arrives at a rally Friday in Las Vegas.

Romney's 2011 Tax Return Gives More Fodder To Critics Who Already Had Surplus

Mitt Romney's release Friday of his 2011 tax return and a summary of his tax rate over 20 years gave friends and foes alike something to grab hold of. But not all his allies greeted the move.

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