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A student at Red Lake High School starts the 2005 school year following a shooting the year before in which eight people were killed. Because of sequestration, the district is not able to keep on staff a school psychologist brought in after the shootings.

New School Year Brings Sequestration Pain For Many Districts

As the nation's public schools reopen this fall, many are facing budget deficits and scarce money due to sequestration. Experts say districts with large numbers of poor students are hit the hardest.

Cow Tipping: The Myth That Just Won't Stand Up

Though it may be considered an adolescent rite of passage in some places, journalist Jake Swearingen insists it can't be done. Swearingen talks to host Scott Simon about the science of cow tipping, and why it's mathematically impossible.

Former Champion Makes Case For Squash As An Olympic Sport

Members of the International Olympic Committee will consider Saturday whether to add baseball-softball, wrestling or squash to the 2020 Olympics. Host Scott Simon talks to former world champion squash player Jonathon Power, who feels squash is a lifetime sport with a fanatic following.

South Korean Kim Jung-Man, right, bids farewell to his North Korean relative before they return to their respective homes on opposite sides of the border in November 2010.

Koreas Set Talks To Resume Cross-Border Family Reunions

Next month the two sides will discuss possibly resuming the meetings between relatives from North and South who have been separated since the 1950-53 Korean War.

Microwave pralines are easier to make than stovetop pralines, and just as tasty.

'Treme' Cookbook Captures The Flavor Of A Show And A City

Melissa Block talks with Lolis Eric Elie, a writer and editor behind the HBO series Treme about a new cookbook written in the voices of the show's characters. Elie says it reflects both old New Orleans traditions and more recent influences.

Nasdaq Resumes Trading After Halt For Technical Problem

The tech-heavy exchange shut down at around 12:14 p.m. ET due to a problem in a data feed.

Clarence B. Jones, legal adviser to Martin Luther King Jr., takes notes behind King at a press conference regarding in Birmingham, Ala., in February 1963.

For King's Adviser, Fulfilling The Dream 'Cannot Wait'

After days of worry, Clarence B. Jones, legal adviser to Martin Luther King Jr., was relieved to stand at the Lincoln Memorial and watch the event unfold without a hitch. While there's been great progress in the decades since, Jones says, he also feels King's dream still remains unfulfilled.

At Happy Boy Farms near Santa Cruz, Calif., Early Girl tomatoes are grown using dry-farming methods. The tomatoes have become increasingly popular with chefs and wholesalers.

To Grow Sweeter Produce, California Farmers Turn Off The Water

California's small producers of tomatoes, grapes and other crops are increasingly taking up dry farming, which involves growing crops without watering them for months. The technique, which obviously saves water, can produce more flavorful crops.

Singers Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke during Sunday night's MTV Video Music Awards in New York.

Did Miley Cyrus 'Flirt With Bad Taste' Or Dive Right In?

The young singer's twerking at Sunday night's MTV Video Music Awards is getting tons of attention. Was her performance boring, offensive or great (or possibly all three)?

Syrian women light candles Aug. 21 in front of the U.N. headquarters in Beirut during a vigil against the alleged chemical weapons attack on the suburbs of Damascus, Syria. The U.S. and its allies are considering their next steps against the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

What Are The U.S. Options In Syria?

The Obama administration is under pressure to act against Syrian President Bashar Assad following last week's report of the use of chemical weapons by his regime. The U.S. says it's looking at all options in Syria.

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