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The Beatles' Apple Records put out the Fab Four's own singles and albums, as well as music by other performers the individual Beatles liked. Critic Ed Ward takes a look behind the scenes at Apple Records, and at the full albums the label released.

A jazz pianist and bandleader, Iyer is one of the most critically acclaimed musicians of the past decade. He also has a masters in physics. Here, he explains why he decided to switch to a full-time career as a jazz musician, and describes what influenced his latest album, Solo..

Tending her family's garden as a youngster seemed like one big summertime chore to Janet Zimmerman. But one thing made all the toil worth it, she says: corn so fresh it was growing in the afternoon, and on her plate by dinnertime. She's since discovered that on the cob isn't the only way to enjoy it.

A critical factor in the success of U.S. strategy in Afghanistan is a legitimate government in Kabul. Incumbent President Hamid Karzai is expected to be declared the winner of the fraud-marred August election. But the relationship between Karzai and the Obama administration is on shaky ground.

Among those blamed by the government for ethnic violence in China's far west is Uighur economist Ilham Tohti. He says the government accepts many of his suggestions on ethnic policy, but still doesn't trust him. He has been arrested four times, though never charged with a crime.

When South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford jetted off to Buenos Aires for a secret tryst, he left not just his family but an entire state in the dark. By going incommunicado, Sanford acted imprudently — but doesn't seem to have violated any legal requirements of his office.

Melissa Block checks in on a story about an ambitious expedition NPR reported earlier this year. Pascal Lee was leading a team to drive a Humvee 1,000 miles across the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic.

Militants roamed city streets and seized buildings in a northwestern Pakistan valley Tuesday as thousands of people fled fighting between the Taliban and troops that the government said could lead to an exodus of half a million people.

News headlines lately have featured words like pandemic, outbreak and contagion. Some analysts say the media have handled the topic of swine flu more responsibly than expected.

In an effort to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts, the Obama administration is calling for a halt to expansion of Jewish settlements in the West Bank. But settlers insist that diplomatic efforts won't deter them. And Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government is not inclined to impose a moratorium.