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  • 'Forbes' List: Richest People In America
    Forbes magazine is out with its yearly list of the 400 richest Americans. Their combined net worth increased 13 percent since last year. The top of the list contains the usual suspects: Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Larry Ellison, the Koch brothers and the children of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton.
  • Festivalgoers play a giant game of Twister during the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts in southwest England last month.
    Chuck Foley, Co-Creator Of Twister, Dies At 82
    Foley and business partner Neil Rabens invented the game — which they originally wanted to call Pretzel — for Milton Bradley in 1966. Twister is now manufactured by Hasbro, and the company says it remains a top seller.
  • Yippee-Kai-Yay, Mr. President: 'White House Down' Looks Very Familiar
    We can't help thinking that the dirty, tank-top-wearing hero looks like somebody we followed around Nakatomi Plaza once.
  • A June 3, 1944, photo provided by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum shows SS chief Heinrich Himmler (center) as he reviews troops of the Galician SS-Volunteer Infantry Division.
    Report: Former Nazi SS Officer Living In Minnesota
    The Associated Press says in an exclusive that 94-year-old Michael Karkoc was a top commander in SS units that massacred civilians in Ukraine and Poland.
  • Weekly U.S. vinyl album sales break modern-era record, 'Billboard' reports
    Billboard reports that last week was the best week for vinyl record sales in three decades. Adele's 30 was the top-selling vinyl album of the year. Taylor Swift's Red also broke vinyl sale records.
  • What to Expect from the Conservative Agenda
    More conservative federal judges and a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage top the agenda for President Bush's second term, according to a conservative author. NPR's Renee Montagne speaks to Richard Viguerie, co-author of America's Right Turn.
  • Dave Brubeck: An Unlikely Hit, 50 Years Strong
    In 1959, jazz pianist Dave Brubeck topped the pop charts and shook up the notion of rhythm in jazz with an odd-metered song called "Take Five." On the occasion of its golden anniversary and a new reissue of Time Out, Brubeck explains why it was such a hit.
  • Fresh Air Weekend: 'Weird Al' Yankovic; To retire, or not to retire?
    A new over-the-top "biopic" tells the story of Yankovic's life — sort of. David Bianculli reviews Wednesday. Journalist Steve Lopez turned his retirement question into a reporting project.
  • Musical Chairs: Mike McConnell (right), is to become director of National Intelligence. The job is being vacated by John Negroponte (center) who is leaving to become Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's deputy.
    White House Shuffles Its Leaders on Iraq, Security
    President Bush says it is "vital" that Congress quickly confirm the changes he has made to his national security team. With new commanders and new policies in the works for Iraq, the White House seems to be clearing the decks at home as well, with a number of top-level personnel changes.
  • At 88, Cal Worthington still enjoys piloting his private jet.
    Cal Finds Roughest Road In 50 Years Of Car Sales
    The unforgettable "Go See Cal" jingle turned Cal Worthington into one of the nation's top car dealers. At 88, he's still appearing in ads with his "dog" Spot and strategizing about how to give the foundering industry a boost.
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