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Hear producer Tucker Martine discuss the accessibility and appeal of Portland with World Cafe host David Dye.

By changing its shape 1,000 times per second, the the Large Binocular Telescope cut through atmospheric turbulence and achieved the clearest pictures ever of distant celestial objects.

Vice President Biden took on the traditional role that has been reserved to those who have previously served in his position as the political wing man for a president seeking re-election: he went on the attack.

Rowan Williams, the spiritual leader for more than 70 million Anglicans around the world, announced today that he will leave at the end of the year to become Master of Magdalene College at Cambridge University. He has been archbishop since 2002.

An estimated 70 percent of the ground beef supply contains these lean bits of meat derived from muscle and connective tissue. The industry calls the trimmings Lean Finely Textured Beef.

A spike in gasoline prices fueled the increase. The so-called core rate of inflation remained in check.

The student government at the University of California, Irvine voted Thursday night to call for the resignation of Dr. Hazem Chehabi, who is the chairman of its school's foundation. He also serves as the Syrian consul general in California. He is a personal friend of Syria's dictator Bashar Assad.

The team behind the documentary Planet Earth have teamed up again to explore the coldest, most isolated places on Earth. TV critic David Bianculli says watching Frozen Planet "captures images of so much majesty, artistry, and clarity, it's almost ridiculous."

Samira Ibrahim, the face of the protests, said women in Egypt are under attack.

Melissa Block talks with Martin Kaste about the status of the U.S. soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians in a rampage near his base. The soldier has not been named, but his lawyer has spoken to the press. On Friday, an Army General spoke to reporters at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, near Seattle.