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The city's police chief released four videos that show the violent climax of a traffic stop, foot chase and fight over a stun gun on April 4 in Grand Rapids.

These days, it seems like you can't fly anywhere without having to pay a fee — for extra baggage or in-flight food, for example. David Field of Airline Business magazine talks with Renee Montagne about how difficult it is to figure out what you're really paying for on a flight, and what the effects of those fees are.

At the Mystery Spot in Santa Cruz, Calif., the laws of gravity don't seem to apply. Is it a freak of nature or a carefully crafted trick?

Major wildfires have drained manpower and financial resources in several western states. Since 1960, six of the 10 worst fire seasons — counting acres burned — have occurred in the last seven years.

Douglas Berman, law professor at Ohio State University, talks with Michele Norris about how the disparity in sentencing minimums between crack and powdered cocaine began. Berman says harsher penalties for crack cocaine stem from the high crime rates resulting from the crack epidemic of the mid- to late 1980s.

Michele Norris and Robert Siegel read from listeners' letters and e-mails. We hear feedback on our coverage of the shooting at a Nickel Mines, Pa., schoolhouse, women in combat, and aphorisms.

House appropriator John Murtha has proposed an amendment to begin withdrawing troops from Iraq in 60 days. But House leaders likely will put off that divisive debate until September to maximize support for passing other high-profile bills before the August break.

Parts of Australia are getting drier than ever — so dry that some cities are scrambling to adapt by finding new water sources before it's too late. Perth has just opened the continent's first reverse-osmosis desalination plant — and it's run on wind power.

For Chinese indie band Rebuilding the Rights of Statues, the art of making anti-establishment music in a non-democratic state is all in the translation. For example, the band translated the title of its song "Hang the Police" as "the police are laughing."

Even with the latest buzz surrounding product recalls, it can be difficult to stay updated on what has been cleared off the shelves. One Baltimore art student missed a contact-solution recall announcement — and found out about it the hard way.