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President Obama was in Iowa Tuesday, touting the electric potential of wind power. Republican rival Mitt Romney was in Ohio, talking up coal. Each candidate accused the other of standing in the way of the rival energy source.

"I regret my health has become an ongoing challenge," the 80-year-old Republican said Monday. His decision sets up a nonpartisan special election to coincide with the November general election.

The fastest man in the world could soon be the fastest soccer player in the world. Usain Bolt, world record holder in the 100-meters and 200-meters, is about to sprint into a professional soccer career.

The chief executive of CKE Holdings, the parent company of Hardee's and Carl's Jr., is an outspoken critic of raising the minimum wage and increasing overtime and workplace safety regulations.

Sometimes a baby's outer ear may be a tad misshapen. Surgery can help later on, but a plastic mold makes the most of the fact that a newborn's ears are pliable. They can reshape within weeks.

At President Obama's direction, U.S. forces based out of Iraq conducted a raid in eastern Syria. NPR's Scott Simon talks with correspondent Tom Bowman about the operation.

A Canadian rock band named The Tea Party has owned the domain name TeaParty.com since the early 1990s. Now, with seemingly no shortage of would-be buyers, the band has decided to sell to the highest bidder. Between its traffic numbers and its search value, it could be worth more than a million dollars.

Russians go to the polls on Sunday to elect their next president. It will most likely be their previous president, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The election has exposed social rifts and provoked popular opposition not seen in decades. Host Rachel Martin talks with NPR's Corey Flintoff.

The men's basketball team at Jeremy Lin's alma mater, Harvard University, is making its mark on the national scene — and benefiting from powerful Ivy League recruiting tools: a stellar academic reputation and a big increase in financial aid.

After being chided by retired peers for following President Trump in a walk through a park forcibly cleared of protesters, the nation's top military officer now says he should not have been there.