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As Social Security turns 70, President Franklin Roosevelt is remembered for bringing this popular government program to life. But it was Roosevelt's Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins who led the team that created the plan for Social Security and steered it through Congress.

BBC radio host Charlie Gillett returns with the fifth edition of his annual world music collection. World 2004 brings together 34 eclectic tracks from the far-flung corners of the world. Hear Gillett and NPR's Michele Norris.

An ongoing study by sociologist Robert Cushing examines the list of U.S. military deaths in Iraq and reveals an apparent statistical anomaly: soldiers and Marines from rural areas are dying at higher rates than troops from cities and suburbs. NPR's Howard Berkes looks at the research and at a Nevada family's loss.

For some former gang members, removing old tattoos is a painful but crucial step to leaving their violent pasts behind. In East Los Angeles, a free tattoo removal program aims to help these ex-gang members turn their lives around. Mary Beth Kirchner reports.

Before there was Saturday Night Live, young comedians including John Belushi, Chevy Chase and Gilda Radner dished up irreverent humor on The National Lampoon Radio Hour.

The second winter storm in two weeks will likely bring more snow to the Piedmont and gale-force winds to the coast.

The advocacy group for state employees says the House and Senate’s proposed raises aren’t enough to fix a shortage of workers.

Military spouses will have more resources to pursue their careers and access childcare under a new executive order President Joe Biden signed at Fort Liberty, formerly Fort Bragg.

Army Staff Sgt. Michael Gabel, 30, was killed last week in a roadside blast in Afghanistan. In a story NPR aired last month, Gabel spoke eloquently about the loss of his best friend in the line of duty.

Actress Sophia Bush hung out with NPR at the "table for kids with peanut allergies" this past weekend, as our guest for the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner. (Clearly she doesn't carry the same attitudes as her captain-of-the-cheerleading-squad character on One Tree Hill).