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The Mavs ManiAACs are a dance troupe made up of plus-size men who perform during Dallas Mavericks basketball games. In this week's StoryCorps, two members talk about how the group was founded.

Though many around the world revere him, Chinese officials regard the Dalai Lama as a separatist. But the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader says he is committed to the promotion of human value and religious harmony. He shared this and other views with NPR's Renee Montagne on Saturday.

Security is intense around the venue for the G-8 summit being held in Italy's earthquake-devastated city of L'Aquila. But the biggest fear of organizers is not violent protests by anti-global activists, but continuing aftershocks. And months after the powerful quake, reconstruction lags.

If you're hanging out on Facebook, chances are good you're probably playing a game. A new poll says 20 percent of Americans -- 56.8 million people -- have played a game on a social network site in the last three months. When you shell out $30 to get a virtual dog out of a pound that doesn't really exist, who's the real winner?

The Labor Department reported Friday that payrolls expanded by 431,000 jobs last month. But private-sector employment showed little change, as the hiring of 411,000 temporary census employees accounted for nearly all of the growth.

Food writer Mark Bittman says eating like a vegan until dinner can protect your health and help save the planet. How we eat — and certainly what we eat — has a real impact on our bodies and the Earth. Try sticking to plants during the day, then indulging yourself at night — but with restraint.

President Obama spelled out more of his ambitious economic agenda when he addressed a joint session of Congress. Charles Grassley, the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, tells Renee Montagne that Republicans want to keep U.S. jobs from going overseas. He says there needs to be more incentives to keep businesses from leaving.

The World Health Organization raised its alert level Monday as new cases of swine flu were discovered throughout the world. In Mexico, officials took the extraordinary step of closing all schools throughout the country until May 6. It's the latest effort to try to contain the virus.

A VHF radio scoundrel dubbed "The Filipino Monkey" might have been the source of a grim warning to a U.S. navy warship during last week's confrontation with Iran in the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. officials aren't sure where the voice came from, but the phenomenon of "The Filipino Monkey" has been around for decades.

A new look at some fossilized footprints shows that more than one species of human was walking upright around 3.6 million years ago. (This story originally aired on ATC on Dec. 2, 2021.)