Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and playwright Jules Feiffer has died at 95
Satirical cartoonist, playwright and screenwriter Jules Feiffer has died at the age of 95. He was the illustrator of the children's classic "The Phantom Tollbooth."
Chicago Company Aims To Popularize Electric Unicycle
Commute Connect wants the self-balancing, one-wheeled device to become a trend in the U.S. It's already popular overseas. The company's president has been riding around Chicago to drum up interest.
Starbucks Offers A Free Cup Of Coffee With A Condition
In these divisive times, CEO Howard Shultz is urging people to talk to one another. Starbucks is offering free coffee if you buy someone else a coffee. Think of it as subsidized conversation.
Rep. Labrador Of Idaho Weighs In On Government Shutdown
While the rhetoric between Republicans and Democrats over ending the federal shutdown remains hot, some Republicans have talked about possible alternatives to demands that the Affordable Care Act be delayed a full year. But some Tea Party-backed Republicans are holding firm on that demand, including Idaho Rep. Raul Labrador. Renee Montagne talks to Labrador about the government shutdown debate, and how he thinks the impasse should be resolved.
Federal Prison Workers Dismayed By Government Shutdown
While the partial government shutdown continues, some federal workers are showing up for work because they are required to. Phil Glover is with the Council of Prison Locals, a federal prison employee union. Glover talks to Morning Edition's David Greene about how the government shutdown is effecting the Bureau of Prisons, correctional workers and his family.
3 Scientists Share 2013 Nobel Prize For Chemistry
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Wednesday announced that scientists Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel have won this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry. They were cited "for the development of the multiscale models for complex chemical systems."
Legendary Vietnamese General Vo Nguyen Giap Dies
Officials say the military mastermind who drove the French and the Americans out of Vietnam, died at a Hanoi hospital at 102. He was the country's last famous communist revolutionary.
Calif. Law Allows Undocumented Immigrants To Practice Law
Sergio Garcia passed the California bar exam four years ago. The bar granted Garcia a law license but then rescinded it because he was undocumented. Gov. Jerry Brown has since signed a measure into law that permits undocumented immigrants to be a licenses attorneys.
